| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|
| 字 | じ | letter, character | N5 |
| 数字 | すうじ | number, digit | N5 |
| 文字 | もじ | written character, lettering | N4 |
| 活字 | かつじ | movable printing type, lead slug | N3 |
| 題字 | だいじ | title lettering, masthead | N3 |
| 活字箱 | かつじばこ | type-slug case | N3 |
| 赤字 | あかじ | financial deficit, in the red | N3 |
| 字数 | じすう | character count | N3 |
| 活字列 | かつじれつ | line of movable type | N3 |
| 活字拾い | かつじひろい | picking type | N3 |
| 活字込め | かつじこめ | type locking, page makeup | N3 |
| 植字枠 | しょくじわく | composing galley tray, stick | N3 |
| 細字 | さいじ | fine print | N3 |
| 花形活字 | はながたかつじ | printer's ornament (fleuron) | N3 |
| 木活字 | もくかつじ | wooden type | N3 |
| 金字塔 | きんじとう | monumental achievement | N3 |
| 字幕 | じまく | captions, subtitles | N2 |
| 誤字 | ごじ | typo | N2 |
| 漢字 | かんじ | kanji | N2 |
