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
lizard; skink
gangue (worthless minerals mixed in with coal or ore)
emery wheel
capable; (esp. of an actor) strong
fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff
to meet with a rebuff
carbon atom
number (e.g. page or house number)
roller (used for milling or crushing)
Nianzishan district of Qiqihar city qí qí hā ěr, Heilongjiang
Nianzishan District in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang
Nianzishan District in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang
magnetic monopole
magnetic monopole
to talk incessant nonsense
millstone; mill; grain mill
to talk until one is blue in the face
(not do sth) for fear of offending sb
(not do sth) for fear of offending sb
the Son of God
the Son of God
ticket scalper
bald-headed person; baldy
illegitimate child; love child; bastard
blighted grain