| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 字 | ジ | character, letter |
| 十字 | じゅうじ | a cross |
| 太字 | ふとじ | a bold-faced type, a thick letter |
| ローマ字 | ローマじ | "Roman characters", the Latin alphabet |
| 大字 | おおあざ | larger section (of a village) |
| 名字 | みょうじ | surname, family name |
| 字幕 | じまく | subtitles, a title, a caption |
| 字引 | じびき | dictionary |
| 数字 | すうじ | a numeral, a figure |
| 文字 | もんじ | character |
| 字を書く | じをかく | to write letters/characters, to wite one letter |
| 漢字 | かんじ | kanji |
| 赤字 | あかじ | a deficit |
| 頭文字 | かしらもじ | an initial letter, a capital |
| 黒字 | くろじ | (in) 'the black' |
| 十字架 | じゅうじか | cross, the Cross (of Christ) |
| 字句 | じく | wording, words and phrases, way of expression, token |
| 字詰め | じづめ | number of characters, manuscript paper, printed matter |
| 文字盤 | もじばん | dial (i.e. labelled face of a timepiece or other measuring device) |
| 文字通り | もじどおり | literal; literally |
| 活字 | かつじ | printing type |
| 漢字文化圏 | かんじぶんかけん | countries which use Chinese characters |
| 点字 | てんじ | Braille |
| 英字 | えいじ | English letter, alphabetic character |
| 金字塔 | きんじとう | pyramid, monumental work |
| 韻字 | いんじ | rhyming words |