字

binding (someone) hand and foot

being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)

straight line; beeline

crossroads; intersection

figure eight; figure of eight

八の字 only

shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight

Colloquial

(being) most satisfactory; (being) quite satisfied; (being) quite enough

(one) letter; (one) character

first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence)

initials (of one's name)

Chinese character

kanji (as opposed to kana)

printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style

真名 only

real name

misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum

dial (of a meter, watch, etc.); face (of a clock)

keyboard (on a typewriter, etc.)

letter board (communication aid for people unable to speak); communication board

difficult character; complicated kanji

(being in) the black; surplus

black letter

cross; cruciform

crosswise

word for word; verbatim; literally

four characters; four letters

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

printing (text or symbols); typing

printed character; typed character

character carved onto a seal

horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters

European language; Western language

Crusades; Crusaders

penmanship; calligraphy

emoji

pictorial symbol; pictograph; pictogram

ASCII art

Christianity

to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself

おおもじ only

uppercase letter; capital letter

large character; large writing

だいもんじ only

the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"

だいもんじ only

huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year