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字 — letter; symbol; character

letter; symbol; character; word

Pinyin
zì
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
required

How to write 字: 6 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

字 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 字

Words with 字 in the HSK syllabus: 19

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 汉字HànzìChinese characterHSK 1
  2. 名字míngzinameHSK 1
  3. 字zìletter; symbol; character; wordHSK 1
  4. 字典zìdiǎnChinese character dictionary; dictionaryHSK 3
  5. 十字路口shízì lùkǒucrossroads; intersectionHSK 4
  6. 数字shùzìnumeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digitalHSK 4
  7. 文字wénzìcharacter; script; writing; written languageHSK 4
  8. 签字qiānzìto sign; signatureHSK 5
  9. 字母zìmǔletterHSK 5
  10. 数字化shùzìhuàto digitizeHSK 6
  11. 字幕zìmùsubtitles; captionsHSK 6
  12. 赤字chìzìdeficit; red letterHSK 7–9
  13. 错别字cuòbiézìChinese character errorHSK 7–9
  14. 繁体字fántǐzìtraditional Chinese characterHSK 7–9
  15. 简体字jiǎntǐzìsimplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4]HSK 7–9
  16. 老字号lǎozìhaoshop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputationHSK 7–9
  17. 字迹zìjìhandwritingHSK 7–9
  18. 字体zìtǐcalligraphic style; typeface; fontHSK 7–9
  19. 字眼zìyǎnwordingHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.