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
macromolecule (chemistry)
(coll.) penny; buck
Zi Lu, a main student of Confucius
Mencius; book of his sayings
endgame (in go)
drawer; stackable cooking vessel
village
microelectronics
love the people like one’s own children
slow-tempered; a slowcoach; phlegmatic
to swim with head submerged
plunger (for clearing drains)
Xingzi county in Jiujiang jiǔ jiāng, Jiangxi
post-birth month of rest
fig. a thief; lit. the gentleman on the roof beam
cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
song
positive ion; cation (physics)
peasant; yokel
prince
rice (crop); unhulled rice
Zhang Ziyi (1979-), PRC actress
terminal (electronics)
Empress Michiko of Japan (1934-)
adopted son