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
European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva
European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva
man of honor; upright gentleman
electrons and positrons
electrons and positrons
positive ion; cation (physics)
positron (antiparticle of the electron)
PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
positrion emission tomography (PET)
positrion emission tomography (PET)
positron emission tomography (PET)
positron emission tomography (PET)
positron emission tomography (PET)
positron emission tomography (PET)
PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
fighters; armed groups; gunmen
fighters; armed groups; gunmen
devious; crooked; illegal device
devious; crooked; illegal device
to regard face as all-important
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)