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
Zengzi, disciple of Confucius
greatest common divisor GCD; highest common factor HCF
a while; (coll.) a moment
a while; (coll.) a moment
woman in late pregnancy (colloquial)
puerperal fever
a man should repay every wrong; never forgive
a real man must pay back a wrong
a real man must avenge wrongs
one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
to have real skill; to know one's stuff
to have real skill; to know one's stuff
like father, like son (idiom)
fig. future generations will continue the work
organic molecule
organic molecule
to hope one’s child is very successful
Mu Zimei, Chinese celebrity
the prime meridian; the first meridian
the prime meridian; the first meridian
Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi zhū xī
Puzi, a city in Chiayi, Taiwan
Puzi City in Chiayi County, Taiwan