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
attractive appearance, but without substance
angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
unlined upper garment
to mislead students; to harm young learners
negative ion; anion (physics)
newborn baby; the people (of a country)
pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn; sincere
(dialect) to joke
person living or traveling far from home
quantum field theory
negative ion; anion (physics)
positive ion; cation (physics)
anthology; selected writing
hail; hailstone
electron cloud
tassel (botany); feelers (zoology)
fig. learn to walk before you run
to be impatient for success
to be impatient for success
a little bit
all-inclusive; undiscriminating
a new chief brings in new aides
(fig.) to totally repudiate sb because of a minor error
fig. empty vessels make the most noise
fig. empty vessels make the most noise