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
pathetic; (dialect) (of a person) useless; spineless
Hebei opera
(dialect) wily old fox; dense and sticky substance
pond; small lake
light bulb
putty (used by plumbers and glaziers)
Lhotse Mountain, between Tibet and Nepal
cave; pit; (coll.) greenhouse
activist
activist
target (of criticism etc); live target
Nagarzê County in Tibet
Langkazi County in Tibet
Nagarzê County in Tibet
the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
patriotic overseas compatriot
lake; (dialect) wetlands
coco de mer or "sea coconut" (Lodoicea maldivica)
any similar small clam
oyster
oyster
hot pot