プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
じ【字】
❶〔文字〕a character;〔表意文字〕an ideograph;〔表音文字〕a letter
漢字
a Chinese character/〔総称〕Chinese characters
字を書く[写す]
write [copy] characters
地面に字を書く
trace some characters on the ground
❷〔語〕a word;〔綴り〕spelling
字を辞書で引く
look up a word [character] in a dictionary
字を書き違える
misspell a word
字の間違い
〔誤字〕a wrong letter [character]/〔書き損ない〕a clerical error;an error in copying
字が書ける[書けない]
He knows [doesn't know] how to write.
❸〔筆跡〕handwriting; a hand
これはスミス氏の字だ
This is Mr. Smith's handwriting.
彼は字が上手[下手]だ
He has good [bad] handwriting./《文》 He writes a good [bad] hand.
きれいな[丸い/角ばった]字
a neat [round/squarish] hand
細かい[太い]字
〔手書き〕fine [bold] writing/〔印刷〕fine [bold] print
あざ【字】
a section of a village