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
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
male chauvinism
male chauvinism
male chauvinist
male chauvinist
platter
platter
brandy nose
brandy nose
pregnancy-focused market; baby economy
pregnancy-focused market and business trend
aniseed
lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)
Prince Dan of Yan, foe of Qin emperor
tutor to the crown prince (in imperial China)
Taizihe District, Liaoyang, Liaoning
Taizihe District, Liaoyang, Liaoning
princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC)
princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC)
sunspot
sunspot
sunspot cycle
sunspot cycle