The kanji 字 primarily means "character," "letter," or "word." It refers to the smallest unit of written language, or a single component within a larger written system. It can also imply the meaning of written text or the content that a character conveys.

・On-yomi (音読み): ジ (ji) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): あざ (aza) - This reading is less common and refers to a character or section of land.

⚫︎ 漢字字 (kanji) Translation: Kanji (Chinese character) ⚫︎ 文字字 (moji) Translation: Letter; character ⚫︎ 名字字 (myouji) Translation: Surname; family name

The kanji 字 is a pictophonetic character. The upper part is a roof-like structure, and the lower part is a child. The original meaning represented a child being born under a roof, which implies giving birth and hence "to be born." This later extended to mean "to create" or "to write" because the writing of characters is similar to creating them. Eventually, it came to represent "character" or "letter."