じ
Meanings
Noun
1. character (esp. kanji); letter; written text
Wow, I'm impressed you can read a book with so much writing in it.
2. handwriting; penmanship
This is not the teacher's handwriting.
3. the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
as 〜の字
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
じ
Used in vocabulary (183 in total)
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; swastika-shaped family crest; wow; yeah
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
syllabary; phonetic symbol
Examples (25 in total)
How do you write the character?
I apologize for my bad handwriting.
This is not the teacher's handwriting.
I haven't used characters that difficult, have I?
He can read well.
He writes in a neat, plain hand.
He writes with his left hand.
She has beautiful handwriting.
My uncle's handwriting is hard to read.
It is the handwriting of someone not used to writing characters.
You can tell a person's character from their handwriting.
It was handwriting that was hard to read, like a child's.
The writing was slightly blurred, but it was readable without any problem.
The handwriting in the letter was unusually mature.
Even when the reading is the same, different characters mean different things.
The teacher pointed to the writing on the blackboard with a pointer.
It is covered with densely packed small characters.
Mary writes very neatly, doesn't she?
Tom's grandfather couldn't read.
The boy has learned to read.
Your handwriting is similar to mine.
She writes much better now than she used to.
I'm just following the letters from line to line.
The paper is thin, so the writing on the back shows through.
Wow, I'm impressed you can read a book with so much writing in it.