zi6 jyun4字元
Jyutpingzi6 jyun4
Yalejih yùhn
Definition
A character, as the basic unit of written language, typically used in computing and telecommunications.
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How it's used
Reserved strictly for technical contexts like computer science, programming, or data processing. It distinguishes the abstract unit of a character from the semantic unit of a word or the visual unit of a glyph. Outside of technical settings, people simply refer to individual Chinese characters as 字.
Measure word
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Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this word to refer to a person's personality or moral character, which is 人格 or 品格. It is exclusively for digital or linguistic data units.
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Grammar guides
- In 30 secondsThe whole language at a glance. No tenses, no plurals, six tones, sentence particles. Read this before you dive into any specific topic.
- ParticlesSentence particles add tone, emotion, and nuance. Learn the most common particles in Cantonese and how to use them.
- Possession (嘅)How to say my, your, and his, and how to link a describing word to a noun, all with the little word 嘅 (ge3).
