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
middleman; buyer and seller
middleman; buyer and seller
collaborator with the enemy; traitor
Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis)
Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis)
schizandra (Schisandra chinensis); Magnolia vine
subatomic
linseed
linseed
Beijing dialect
son of man
cochlear implant
cochlear implant
people of good will (idiom); charitable person
fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
judge the good by one's petty mind
gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc)
gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc)
affine subspace (math.)
affine subspace (math.)
Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician in Wu
(dialect) child
pair of ideal lovers
person speaking with a foreign accent