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
to give birth to a child or children
plasma (physics)
beggar (old term)
at that time; then
to take advantage of a loophole
meson; mesotron (physics)
small box
dabbler; smatterer; tactless and impulsive person
Hui Shi, Warring States thinker
spendthrift; prodigal; wastrel
seeded player
tube; tube-shaped object
to give oneself airs and offend others; hateful arrogance
crease; wrinkle; fold
plane
subsystem
subset
wedge; peg; stopper
swindler; itinerant con-man
sticky rice dumpling wrapped in leaves
moth
electronic eye
lawbreakers; offenders
loafer; bum; idler