篆

seal-engraving style (of writing Chinese characters); seal script

大篆

だいてん

large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward)

篆刻

てんこく

seal engraving

篆書

てんしょ

characters used on seals

小篆

しょうてん

small seal script (arising during China's Warring States period)

篆文

seal script character

篆隷

てんれい

seal style and ancient square style

篆刻家

seal engraver

字

じ あざ あざな

Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations)

誤字脱字

ごじだつじ

mistaken or missing characters; omissions or errors

一字一字

いちじいちじ

letter by letter, character by character

借字

しゃくじ かりじ

kanji used for sound equivalence

実字

じつじ

kanji character with a concrete meaning

字訓

じくん

the Japanese reading of a kanji

字数

じすう

number of characters or letters

嘘字

うそじ

incorrect character

字種

じしゅ

character class, set of related or similar characters

熟字

じゅくじ

kanji compound

俗字

ぞくじ

popular characters, nonstandard characters