wén zì
character
script
writing
written language
writing style
phraseology
CL:個|个[ge4]
tóu wén zì
initial
first letter of word (in Latin script)
pīn yīn wén zì
phonetic alphabet
alphabetic writing system
biǎo yì wén zì
ideograph
ideographical writing system
jiǎ gǔ wén zì
oracle script
oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
wén zì gǎi gé
reform of the writing system
xiē xíng wén zì
cuneiform (Babylonian script)
wén zì xué jiā
expert on writing systems
Lā dīng wén zì
the alphabet
latin letters
Hán wén zì mǔ
hangeul 한글, Korean phonetic alphabet
Korean letters
Zhōng Rì Hán tǒng yī biǎo yì wén zì
China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs
Unihan
sǐ wén zì
dead language
indecipherable script
shēn céng wén zì
deep orthography (not governed by simple rules)
qiǎn céng wén zì
shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)
wén zì yù
literary inquisition
official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
yán wén zì
Japanese-style emoticon, e.g. (⇀‸↼‶)
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Chinese
English
Example Usage