IDENTITY
字zìcharacter; word
HSK 1Top 360
CORE MEANING
character; word
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.Chinese characterHSK1
- 2.name; courtesy nameHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 宀roof radical (mián)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱宀子
- home (where children are raised)
- child
USAGE
Common words
名字míngziname
汉字HànzìChinese character
写字xiězìto write
Graded examples
你会写汉字吗？Nǐ huì xiě Hànzì ma?HSK1
Can you write Chinese characters?
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A child (子) under a roof (宀) receiving a name — a character.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #360
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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