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
Chengzihe district of Jixi city 西jī xī, Heilongjiang
Chengzihe district of Jixi city 西jī xī, Heilongjiang
elementary particle (particle physics)
bringer of good news; exam success messenger
bringer of good news; exam results messenger
public venue; (coll.) gathering place
mat; cushion; pad
pendant; weight
Mozi, ancient Chinese thinker, Mohism founder
bad element; bad egg
bad element; bad egg
evil person
evil person
scholar (old); official
forty-ninth year I1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1972 or 2032
to proceed with sth even though scared
to proceed with sth even though scared
(polite) my husband
(coll.) daughter's son; grandson
the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
many-particle (physics)
many particle systems (physics)
many particle systems (physics)
(fig.) night owl; owl
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland