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
(finger) ring
actor; (derog.) opera singer
seal; stamp
to wear a hat; (fig.) to stigmatize; to be branded as
to be cuckolded by one's wife; a cuckold
to be cuckolded by one's wife; a cuckold
(coll.) to be the object of flattery
house rent
real estate agent (old)
wrist (dialect)
gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom)
to draw a rectangular grid (e.g. of farmland); to checker
to hit with a big stick; to bludgeon
to produce a draft manuscript
lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities
lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities
to start talking
to start talking
(argot) gang leader
to slander; to defame; to make a scapegoat of sb
to vilify
to speak at the top of one's voice; to raise one's voice
(dialect) to talk nonsense; to chat idly
(dialect) to talk nonsense; to chat idly
to find fault; nitpicking; to look for blemishes