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
leaf; foliage
leaf arrangement; phyllotaxy (botany)
leaf arrangement; phyllotaxy (botany)
TW fender (automotive)
TW fender (automotive)
caraway; Persian cumin (Carum carvi)
caraway; Persian cumin (Carum carvi)
lid; cover; shell
lotus seed
lotus seed
Xiao Zixian, Liang dynasty historian
Xiao Zixian, Liang dynasty historian
Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,shí nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine
Suzhou numeral characters for numbers
a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom)
like father, like son; able parent, able child
like father, like son
(literary) virgin; maiden
(literary) virgin; maiden
first show; maiden appearance
first show; maiden appearance
virtual particle
virtual particle
mark; sign; signal