HSK 6 · Education

繁体字 fántǐzì “traditional Chinese character” in Chinese

Traditional 繁體字

What 繁体字 means

  1. traditional Chinese character

How to say 繁体字

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale繁fán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale体tǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale字zì4th tone, falling

繁体字 in a sentence

  1. 这是繁体字。

    Zhè shì fántǐzì.

    These are traditional characters.

    Sentence #899333 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我不会写繁体字，但我可以读。

    Wǒ búhuì xiě fántǐzì, dàn wǒ kěyǐ dú.

    I can’t write traditional characters, but I can read them.

    Sentence #1834265 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 繁体字 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 繁 (fán) with each of its parts in a different colour
繁fáncomplicated
  • 敏fast · mǐnSound part
  • 糸silk · mìMeaning part

糸 hints at the meaning (silk); 敏 (mǐn) hints at the sound. Compare it with fán.

The character 体 (tǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
体tǐbody
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 本root · běn

Memory aidA person 亻 and a root 本: the body.

The character 字 (zì) with each of its parts in a different colour
字zìletter
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 子child · zǐ

Memory aidA child 子 under a roof 宀, learning to write: a written character.

How to write 繁体字

繁 17 strokes · 体 7 strokes · 字 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

繁体字 (fántǐzì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 繁体字 (fántǐzì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 繁体字

Words with 繁

繁荣fánróng · prosperous繁华fánhuá · bustling繁忙fánmáng · busy频繁pínfán · frequent繁殖fánzhí · to breed

Words with 体

身体shēntǐ · body体育tǐyù · physical training体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium体会tǐhuì · to know from experience体贴tǐtiē · considerate (of other people’s needs)体现tǐxiàn · to embody体验tǐyàn · to experience for oneself具体jùtǐ · specific集体jítǐ · collective (decision)媒体méitǐ · media

Words with 字

字zì · character名字míngzi · name汉字hànzì · Chinese character字典zìdiǎn · dictionary (of characters)数字shùzì · numeral文字wénzì · writing字母zìmǔ · letter (of the alphabet)字幕zìmù · caption赤字chìzì · deficit简体字jiǎntǐzì · simplified Chinese characters

More words: Education & Learning

贬义biǎnyì · negative connotation传授chuánshòu · to teach答辩dábiàn · to defend (a thesis)方言fāngyán · dialect简体字jiǎntǐzì · simplified Chinese characters教养jiàoyǎng · upbringing精通jīngtōng · to be proficient in记性jìxing · memory (ability to remember)

FAQs

繁体字 (fántǐzì) means “traditional Chinese character”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fántǐzì: fán with a 2nd tone, then tǐ with a 3rd tone, then zì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 繁体字 is written 繁體字. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fantizi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 繁体字 from the suggestions. Typing fantizi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
繁体字 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.