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
height; stature; build
surrogate pregnancy
falsetto (in opera)
adopted son; stepson
tomboy
to put on airs; to adopt a false attitude
Chinese who acts like a foreigner
(of a woman) to take a lover
(of a woman) to take a lover
hypocrite
valency electron; outer shell of electrons
valency electron; outer shell of electrons
mega electron volt; MeV, unit of energy
mega electron volt, MeV energy unit
bare-chested; bare upper body; to bare one's chest
photoelectronic
photoelectronic
wire cutting pincers
wire cutting pincers
son
A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
implosion atomic bomb
implosion atomic bomb