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
terrible mess; shambles
(coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man
man (i.e. manly, masculine)
ladder; stepladder
it seems; it looks as if
(animal's) claw
courage; guts; nerve
half of a lifetime
uterus; womb
fool; sucker
nail; snag; saboteur
wheel
(dialect) mouse; rat
pine nut
father and son
tangerine
window
blind person
Laozi, founder of Daoism; classic Daoist book
I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
atomic bomb; atom bomb; A-bomb
bookworm; pedant; bookish fool
child trafficking
dealer; peddler; trafficker
shovel; spade; spatula (kitchen utensil)