How to say “Chinese character” in Chinese
Chinese character
“Chinese character” in Chinese is 汉字, Hàn zì: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
汉字 is read Hàn zì: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 氵 “water”: Han is also the name of a river.
宀 “roof” and 子 “child”. In 名字 it is read with the neutral tone: zi.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “汉字”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 汉字. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 你会写汉字吗nǐhuìxiěHànzìmaCan you write Chinese characters?
- 拿汉字来说，又难写又难记。náHànzìláishuō,yòunánxiěyòunánjìTake characters, for example: they're hard both to write and to remember.
- 这些汉字要反复练习才能记住zhèxiēHànzìyàofǎnfùliànxícáinéngjìzhùYou have to write these characters over and over — then you'll remember them.
- 小朋友先学拼音，再学汉字。xiǎopéngyǒuxiānxuépīnyīn,zàixuéHànzìKids learn pinyin first, and then characters.
- 你的汉字写得真漂亮，有什么技巧吗？nǐdeHànzìxiědezhēnpiàoliang,yǒushénmejìqiǎomaYour characters are so beautiful — is there some trick to it?
- 老师夸她汉字写得漂亮。lǎoshīkuātāHànzìxiědepiàoliangThe teacher praised her for her beautiful characters.
More words from the lesson “Studying Chinese”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “Chinese character” in Chinese?
“Chinese character” in Chinese is 汉字, pinyin Hànzì.
What does 汉字 mean?
汉字 (Hànzì) means “Chinese character”.
How do you write 汉字?
汉字 is 2 characters: 汉 (hàn) — Han, Chinese; 字 (zì) — sign, character. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 汉字?
汉字 is read Hànzì. Tones: Hàn — fourth tone, zì — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“Chinese character” in the lesson “Studying Chinese”
This word is from the topic “Study, work and free time” of HSK 1. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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