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
atomic power station
atomic theory
atomic theory
atomic mass
atomic mass
atomic clock
Coccidioides immitis
Coccidioides immitis
to want to have one's cake and eat it too
to want to have one's cake and eat it too
reactionaries; reactionary elements
reactionaries; reactionary elements
rebel; insurgent
rebel; insurgent
anticodon
anticodon
antiparticle (physics)
positron; also called zhèng diàn zǐ
positron; also called zhèng diàn zǐ
husband's younger brother; brother-in-law
a suspect
Taiwanese yokel (derog.)
rightist elements
rightist elements
to pluck up some courage