字 letter

(crown) + 子 (child)
★★★★★
6 strokes
BETA

Onyomi

JI

Mnemonic

As a child, JESUS Christ wrote lots of letters on his tiny crown. Mostly, he wrote "Who is my Daddy?"

Jukugo

漢字(かんじ)

kanji ★★★★★
漢 (Chinese) + 字 (letter) = 漢字 (kanji)

of course

文字(もじ)

a letter ★★★★☆ FP
文 (culture/ sentence) + 字 (letter) = 文字 (a letter)

a letter- whether kana, kanji, or alphabet.

ローマ字(ろうまじ)

western, Roman letters. A,b,c,d,y,o,m,a,m,a ★★★☆☆
マ () + 字 (letter) = ローマ字 (western, Roman letters. A,b,c,d,y,o,m,a,m,a)

数字(すうじ)

a numeral - 1,2,3, etc. ★★★☆☆
数 (integer, to count) + 字 (letter) = 数字 (a numeral - 1,2,3, etc.)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
字 letter CHILD 子
宇 cosmos THOUSAND 千
学 knowledge MOHICAN

The CHILD can only write one letter.

There's a THOUSAND cosmoses in string theory.
The MOHICAN punker has a knowledge of @narchy.

Synonyms

name
名前    名____、姓____    名字    氏    氏名    姓名   
number
数    数字    号