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
pampered son of a wealthy family
beggar
viscount
gifted scholar
millet
to show deference or praise publicly
cover; casing
pork shoulder; (coll.) elbow
lining; (fig.) substance (as opposed to outward appearance)
Master; (old form of address for teachers, scholars)
actor; (derog.) opera singer
organized group; theatrical troupe
callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also jiǎn zi
(coll.) foot
chatterbox; talkative person
sedan chair; litter; palanquin
atomic nucleus
trouble; blunder
meridian
Confucius, ancient Chinese thinker
pair of antithetical phrases; antithetical couplet
mathematical expression; formula
barracuda
thick bar; solid carrying pole