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
restaurant; theater (old)
deep-fried noodle cake
deep-fried noodle cake
vanilla; Vanilla planifolia
musk deer (Moschus moschiferus)
toilet soap
(slang) girl; chick; babe
gambling chip; see mǎ tǒng; bandit
Ma Fuzi, Zhao general killed at Changping
Zhao general Zhao Kuo, lost at Changping
saddle-bag
saddle-bag
curb
curb
pack animal's load
pack animal's load
to tow (a barge)
to tow (a barge)
to contradict sb to his face
to contradict sb to his face
young horse, ass or mule; foal; colt
young horse, ass or mule; foal; colt
hunchback