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
(coll.) malaria
(coll.) malaria
(medicine) boil; furuncle; knot (in wood)
drug addict; chain smoker; opium eater
paralyzed person
lecher; skirt-chaser; Dengtu Zi, famous lecherous character
national nature reserve at Kuandian kuān diàn in Liaoning
Prince Charming; knight in shining armor
cannabis seed
cunning or sly person
Yuriko, Japanese female given name
plate; dish; tray
to carry out gymnastic tricks on horizontal bar
to carry out gymnastic tricks on horizontal bar
(coll.) forthright person
to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom)
any-old-how, regardless of the specific task; careless
any-old-how, regardless of the specific task; careless
it seems; it looks as if
proper subset
eyeball; fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
eyelid
right under sb's nose; right in front of sb's eyes; current
short-sighted
short-sighted