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汉字

hànzì

Chinese character

Usage note

汉字是中文的书写符号,每个字都有它的意思和读音。我们平时读书、写字都会用到汉字

Hànzì shì zhōngwén de shūxiě fúhào, měi gè zì dōu yǒu tā de yìsi hé dúyīn. Wǒmen píngshí dúshū, xiězì dōu huì yòng dào hànzì.

Chinese characters are the written symbols of the Chinese language, each with its own meaning and pronunciation. We use them in everyday reading and writing.

Context note

汉字是中文的书写符号,我们每天读书写字都会用到它。

Hànzì shì zhōngwén de shūxiě fúhào, wǒmen měitiān dúshū xiězì dōu huì yòng dào tā.

This word refers to the written characters used in Chinese, which you see and use every day when reading and writing.

5 examples

这个字是汉字
zhège zì shì hànzì
This is a Chinese character.
汉字书写很重要
hànzì xiěshū hěn zhòngyào
Writing Chinese characters is very important.
学习汉字需要耐心
xuéxí hànzì xūyào nàixīn
Learning Chinese characters requires patience.
汉字有几千年的历史
hànzì yǒu qian qiān nián de lìshǐ
Chinese characters have a history of thousands of years.
汉字可以用来画画
hànzì kěyǐ láiyòng huàhuà
Chinese characters can be used for drawing.

5 mini stories

小明在书上看到了一个字。这个字是汉字
xiǎomíng zài shūshàng kàn dào le yīgè zì. Zhège zì shì hànzì.
Xiaoming saw a character in the book. This is a Chinese character.
妈妈教我写汉字。我学会了几个字。
māma jiàowǒ xiě hànzì. Wǒ xuéhuò le jǐgè zì.
Mom taught me to write Chinese characters. I learned a few characters.
我在墙上看到了一个广告牌,上面有汉字
wǒ zài qiángshàng kàn dào le yīgè huàgùpái, shàngmiàn yǒu hànzì.
I saw an advertisement on the wall. It had Chinese characters.
汉字很漂亮。我想要学习更多的汉字
hànzì hěn piàoliang. Wǒ xiǎowàng xuéxí gèng duō de hànzì.
Chinese characters are very beautiful. I want to learn more Chinese characters.
爸爸告诉我,汉字很重要。我开始认真学汉字了。
bàba gàosu wǒ, hànzì hěn zhòngyào. Wǒ kāishǐ rènshēn xué hànzì le.
Dad told me that Chinese characters are very important. I started to study them seriously.

Mini dialogue

写汉字

A
你会写汉字吗?
Nǐ huì xiě hànzì ma?
Can you write Chinese characters?
B
我会写一些简单的汉字
Wǒ huì xiě yìxiē jiǎndān de hànzì.
I can write some simple Chinese characters.

认识汉字

A
这个汉字怎么读?
Zhège hànzì zěnme dú?
How do you read this Chinese character?
B
这个字读 'míng'。
Zhège zì dú 'míng'.
This character is read as 'míng'.

Related words and contrasts

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character; word

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拼音
pīnyīn
pinyin (phonetic system)

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