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
Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
Lion Grove Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
Lion Grove Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
Pekingese; Pekinese
Shizi Township, Pingtung, Taiwan
Shizi Township in Pingtung, Taiwan
pork meatballs; lit. lion's head
only son
Dushanzi District, Karamay, Xinjiang
Dushanzi district in Karamay, Xinjiang
Dushanzi District of Karamay, Xinjiang
Dushanzi District, Karamay, Xinjiang
only son
an only child
one-child policy
one-child policy
bastard; son of a bitch
boson (particle physics)
Coccidioidomycosis
(dialect) fool; a silly
oval face
oval face
Ganjingzi District, Dalian, Liaoning