zi

(noun suffix); son; child

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 37th character
Radical ⼦ (39.0)
Strokes 3
Index # 64

Definitions

子 zi
  1. 1. (noun suffix)
子 zǐ
  1. 1. son
  2. 2. child
  3. 3. seed
  4. 4. egg
  5. 5. small thing
  6. 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
  7. 7. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
  8. 8. Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility wǔ děng jué wèi

Stroke order

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Words containing 子

Word Meaning
hole; opening; gap
Chinese-style gown
scorpion
brush; scrub
forest; woods; grove
platform; stand; desk
Jesus Christ; God the Son (in the Christian Trinity)
man; fellow; (dialect) husband
fundamentally; at the deepest level; beneath the surface
tricks of the trade; the same old trick; a couple of times
mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies)
beat (music); racket (sports)
hooligan; ruffian
bald-headed person; baldy
offspring; posterity
the sixty-year cycle
the next life
public venue; (coll.) gathering place
pole
pole; stick; club
chestnut
Pekingese; Pekinese
way; method; approach
eldest son; Zhangzi county in Shanxi 西shān xī
(coll.) to have diarrhea