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
rape (Brassica campestris L.); rapeseed plant; canola plant
hard times
Qiezihe District in Qitaihe, Heilongjiang
Qiezihe District, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang
stubble
mug; tea mug
gooseberry
Xunzi, ancient Confucian philosopher
straw mattress; palliasse
straw mattress; palliasse
tick (zoology)
Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author
a great number of students (idiom)
a great number of students (idiom)
(dialect) mushroom
steamed bun stuffed with vegetables; (fig.) useless person
chopping board
vegetable or food basket; (fig.) food supply
vegetable or food basket; (fig.) food supply
dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine)
dodder vine; its seeds in Chinese medicine
radish seed (used in TCM to treat indigestion)
radish seed (used in TCM to treat indigestion)