造字

Chinese

		to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (造字)		造	字
simp. ^#(造字)		造	字

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zàozì

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ zi⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chō-lī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zàozì
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zàozìh
  - Wade–Giles: tsao⁴-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: dzàu-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawtzyh
  - Palladius: цзаоцзы (czaoczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ zi⁶
  - Yale: jouh jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² t͡siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-lī
  - Tâi-lô: tsō-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoixli
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡so³³⁻¹¹ li³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ³³⁻²¹ li³³/

Verb

造字

to create a Chinese character (or any type of character in general)
(typography) to draw a character
- 2022 May 11, justfont, 臺灣道路體‎^[1] (promotional video):
  
  猶毋過，伊無造字的經驗。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  犹毋过，伊无造字的经验。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  [translit?] [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Noun

造字

created or made-up Chinese character (or any type of character in general)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
造	字
ぞう Grade: 5	じ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞ːʑi]

Noun

造(ぞう)字(じ) • (zōji) ^{←ざうじ (zauzi)^?}

creating or making up a Chinese character
created or made-up Chinese character

Verb

造(ぞう)字(じ)する • (zōji suru) ^{←ざうじ (zauzi)^?}suru (stem 造(ぞう)字(じ)し (zōji shi), past 造(ぞう)字(じ)した (zōji shita))

to create or make up a Chinese character

Conjugation

Conjugation of "造字する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	造字し	ぞうじし	zōji shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	造字し	ぞうじし	zōji shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	造字する	ぞうじする	zōji suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	造字する	ぞうじする	zōji suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	造字すれ	ぞうじすれ	zōji sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	造字せよ¹ 造字しろ²	ぞうじせよ¹ ぞうじしろ²	zōji seyo¹ zōji shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	造字される	ぞうじされる	zōji sareru
Causative	造字させる造字さす	ぞうじさせるぞうじさす	zōji saseru zōji sasu
Potential	造字できる	ぞうじできる	zōji dekiru
Volitional	造字しよう	ぞうじしよう	zōji shiyō
Negative	造字しない	ぞうじしない	zōji shinai
Negative continuative	造字せず	ぞうじせず	zōji sezu
Formal	造字します	ぞうじします	zōji shimasu
Perfective	造字した	ぞうじした	zōji shita
Conjunctive	造字して	ぞうじして	zōji shite
Hypothetical conditional	造字すれば	ぞうじすれば	zōji sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative