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
subnet mask (computing)
subnet mask (computing)
subgroup (math.)
cotyledon (first embryonic leaf)
cotyledon (first embryonic leaf)
cuckoo
cuckoo
variant of zǐ zhū
variant of zǐ zhū
Zi Gong, disciple of Confucius
Zi Gong, disciple of Confucius
Zichang county in Yan'an yán ān, Shaanxi
Zichang county in Yan'an yán ān, Shaanxi
Zichang county in Yan'an yán ān, Shaanxi
Zichang county in Yan'an yán ān, Shaanxi
subset (math.)
consonant
Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
Kong family anthology; book on Confucian thought
Kong Congzi, early text on Confucian thought
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as kǒng zǐ
Confucius Institute; Chinese culture center
Confucius Institute for Chinese language
abbr. to jiā yǔ
abbr. to jiā yǔ