字
Meaning
- letter
- symbol
- character
Measure word
个 gè
Example sentence
我写字母。
I write letters.
The character 字
字 is 子, a child, under a roof, and the old sense is something bred — characters breed from one another. 汉字 the Chinese character, 名字 a name, 数字 a figure, 字典 the dictionary that lists them singly.