| 通假字 | tōng jiǎ zì | phonetic loan character; using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters |
| 通用字元组 | tōng yòng zì yuán zǔ | Universal character set (UCS) |
| 通用字符集 | tōng yòng zì fú jí | universal character set UCS |
通用汉字标准交换
码 | tōng yòng Hàn zì biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ | UCS, Chinese character coding adopted in PRC 1986; abbr. to 通用码 |
| 造字 | zào zì | to create Chinese characters; cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六书 |
| 连字符 | lián zì fú | hyphen |
| 连字符号 | lián zì fú hào | hyphen |
| 连字号 | lián zì hào | hyphen (punct.) |
| 金字 | jīn zì | gold lettering; gold characters |
| 铅字 | qiān zì | type (print) |
| 铅活字印刷机 | qiān huó zì yìn shuā jī | lead typesetting machine |
| 错别字 | cuò bié zì | misspelt or mispronounced characters |
| 关键字 | guān jiàn zì | keyword |
| 阿拉伯数字 | Ā lā bó shù zì | Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| 电打字机 | diàn dǎ zì jī | electric typewriter (as opposed to hand typewriter) |
| 青字头 | qīng zì tóu | "top of 青 character" component in Chinese characters |
| 非拉丁字符 | fēi lā dīng zì fú | non-latin letters |
| 非数字 | fēi shù zì | non-numeric |
| 韩文字母 | Hán wén zì mǔ | hangeul 한글, Korean phonetic alphabet; Korean letters |
| 头文字 | tóu wén zì | initial; first letter of word (in Latin script) |
| 头号字 | tóu hào zì | largest typeface; biggest letters |
| 首字母 | shǒu zì mǔ | initial letters |
| 首字母拚音词 | shǒu zì mǔ pīn yīn cí | acronym |
| 首字母缩写 | shǒu zì mǔ suō xiě | acronym; abbreviation using initial letters |
| 香港红十字会 | Xiāng gǎng Hóng Shí zì huì | Hong Kong Red Cross |
| 脏字 | zāng zì | obscenity |
| 高清数字电视 | gāo qīng shù zì diàn shì | high definition digital television |
| 黑体字 | hēi tǐ zì | bold letter |
| 默字 | mò zì | to write from memory |
| 点字 | diǎn zì | Braille characters (alphabet for the blind) |
| 点字机 | diǎn zì jī | Braille typewriter |
| 点阵字体 | diǎn zhèn zì tǐ | bitmap font (computer) |
