Zi is the Chinese word for a character.
字这个词，指的就是一个汉字。
Long ago, zi meant having a baby at home.
好久以前，字是家里添孩子的意思。
One character grows out of another one.
一个汉字，是从另一个字变出来的。
It is like a word giving birth to a new word.
就像一个字，生下了一个新字。
That is why we call each character zi.
所以我们把每个汉字，都叫字。
Characters have families, just like people.
汉字也有自己的家族，跟人一样。
