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
youngest brother; a period of two or three months
(literary) orphan
orphan; fatherless son
soliton (physics)
instanton (math.)
children
children
childish; boyish
grandson; Sun Tzu, author of The Art of War
grandson; son's son
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
The Art of War; book by Sun Tzu
the Chinese remainder theorem
the Chinese remainder theorem
also known as Sun Tzu sūn zǐ
also known as Sun Tzu sūn zǐ
(literary) student; scholar
illegitimate son; unfilial son; unworthy son
stator (electricity)
to set the tone
to set the tone
morning sickness (in pregnancy)