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
(derog.) Korea
maize cornflour; corn mush; polenta
maize cornflour; corn mush; polenta
erhua variant of bàng zi miàn
erhua variant of bàng zi miàn
jujube; dates
trellis latticework
geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)
Asian palm civet; toddy cat
Asian palm civet; toddy cat
vacant look of a drunk or imbecile
shoe tree; hat block
an extreme right-winger
an extreme right-winger
extremist
extremist
bullet
gun barrel
gun barrel
thick bar; solid carrying pole
fruit of the Sapindus trees (used for Buddhist prayer beads)
fun; pleasure; laughing matter
variant of lóu zi; pavilion
variant of lóu zi; pavilion
appearance; manner; pattern