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
not prepared to turn a blind eye
not prepared to turn a blind eye
all-spice (Pimenta dioica); Jamaican pepper
all-spice (Pimenta dioica); Jamaican pepper
to mistake the part for the whole
blind luck; a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)
blind luck; a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)
prompt neutron
prompt neutron
nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
intellectual; intelligentsia; learned person
fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)
fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)
cobble
cobble
pomegranate seeds; pomegranate arils
Shihezi, city in Xinjiang, China
Shihezi city in Xinjiang, China
stone guardian lion statue at gates
stone lion statue at gate; guardian lion
rock-paper-scissors (hand game)
rock-paper-scissors (hand game)
lizard; skink