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
(dialect) prison
(dialect) prison
an effective writer; pen
plasma (physics)
Taiwanese rice tube cake dessert
(coll.) skinny legs
Arabis, a genus of Brassica family including cress
finger ring (dialect)
Jizi, virtuous lord of Shang; Korean founder
plumber; pipe-fitter
pipe wrench; monkey wrench
pipe wrench; monkey wrench
knot; gnarl
double-edged fine-toothed comb; grate
sieve
basket
curtain
notebook; book
basket
counter; chip
counter; chip
cage; basket; container
(fig.) supply of grain to the public
particle accelerator
particle flow; stream of particles