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
hot pot
virtuous gentleman (idiom)
miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han)
hoodlum; person unfit for society
muon (particle physics)
to pool resources (for a gift, project etc)
roller
roller
roller bearing
roller bearing
(dialect) Beat it!; Scram!; Fuck off!
(dialect) Beat it!; Scram!; Fuck off!
man; fellow; (dialect) husband
Tanzi, a district of Taichung, Taiwan
deep natural pond
Tanzi Township in Taichung, Taiwan
Tanzi Township, Taichung, Taiwan
exciton (physics)
extremists; radicals
extremists; radicals
armed extremists
armed extremists
pointless talk; platitude
pointless talk; platitude