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
Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author
straw rope
unfilial son
posthumous child
a peg; a pin; dowel
Lhünzê County in Tibet
beam of electrons
shoehorn
maize or millet pancake
vanilla; Vanilla planifolia
ribs; frame
to eat at a restaurant; to eat out
godson; informally adopted son
stupid person; dolt; rash (slang)
five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe); gobang
to go wrong; to take a wrong turn
to offer advice; to express an opinion
molecular sieve
voice training (for Chinese opera)
woolen cloth
(dialect) saliva
same as xǐ zi; Tetragnatha (long-jawed spider)
sticky rice ball; kind of dumpling
(coll.) daughter's son; grandson
(coll.) husband's elder brother