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
fig. to do something absolutely unnecessary
fig. to do something absolutely unnecessary
breast meat (of chicken etc)
intonation; accent; thoracic cavity
mind; brains
dumb; brainless; soft in the head
dumb; brainless; soft in the head
ossified thinking; lit. brains rusty
ossified thinking; lit. brains rusty
to have lost one's mind; crazy; soft in the head
to have lost one's mind; crazy; soft in the head
forehead (dialect)
cheek
(fig.) backing; waist; small of the back
(fig.) backing; waist; small of the back
(coll.) foot
(coll.) ankle
intestines
gluon (particle physics)
gluon (particle physics)