字
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In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
A single written character; loosely, a word, and also a person's handwriting. 写字 is 'to write', and 你的字很好看 'you have nice handwriting'. The measure word is 个: 一个字 'one character'.
Chữ viết, một chữ đơn lẻ; nói rộng ra là từ, và cả nét chữ của ai đó. 写字 là “viết chữ”, 你的字很好看 là “chữ bạn đẹp quá”. Lượng từ là 个: 一个字 (một chữ).
NounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “字” mean?
A single written character; loosely, a word, and also a person's handwriting. 写字 is 'to write', and 你的字很好看 'you have nice handwriting'. The measure word is 个: 一个字 'one character'.
Is “字” formal or informal?
字 is generally neutral.