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 make a mess of sth
duster
to hope one’s child is very successful
fruit drink
coconut water
positron; also called zhèng diàn zǐ
(oral) to write (esp. for a living)
sickly person; (coll.) invalid
(political) activist; enthusiast
(old) low-grade brothel
an effective writer; pen
cheek
sinew
seedling; sapling; young successor
one Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
electronics
polymer; macromolecule
neutron bomb
(dialect) what
wife's older sister; sister-in-law
subroutine
(literary) child
woven mat