字

letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

T-account (accounting)

thong (underwear)

in a row / in a line

each word is a teardrop (idiom)

word for word / verbatim

to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)

without missing a word

see 一字不漏[yi1 zi4 bu4 lou4]

totally illiterate

one who can correct a misread or misspelt character and thus be your master