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
teach children by example
teach children by example; lead by example
mother-to-infant transmission
Russian (derog.); foreigner; tuft of fine hair
(derog.) Russia
(derog.) Russia
felt (fabric)
quick-tempered person
quick-tempered person
oxygen atom
hydrogen atom
hydrogen atom
hydrogen nucleus
hydrogen nucleus
hydroxide ion OH-
hydroxide ion OH-
hydroxide ion OH-
hydroxide ion OH-
to try to have a child
beads of sweat
Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu táng bó hǔ, Zhu Zhishan zhù zhī shān, Wen Zhengming wén zhēng míng and Xu Zhenqing xú zhēn qīng
swindler; itinerant con-man
(botany) cassia seed
(botany) cassia seed
pathetic; (dialect) (of a person) useless; spineless