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
Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti
one's posterity
(literary) student; scholar
putting on official airs
mosquito net
pedestal; plinth; saddle
wrist
to build a framework; to put up scaffolding
dust; powder
bell pepper, aka sweet pepper
frame (of spectacles, small ornament etc)
a sum of money
jianzi (Asian shuttlecock game)
to pool resources (for a gift, project etc)
leopard cat
Shizishan or Lion Mountain
white Go chess piece; albino; bee pupa
sand
young child
to bear seeds (of plant)
knot (on a rope or string)
silk fabric; silk
forehead (dialect)
calf (back of the leg below the knee)
mustard gas