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
idle public building; empty unused facility
unused public building
blood clam
honeycomb
shrimp; shrimp eggs; shrimp roe
mantis shrimp
mantis shrimp
louse (Pediculus humanus)
screwdriver
screwdriver
Tetragnatha (long-jawed spider)
louse egg; nit
louse egg; nit
bug; insect; worm
housefly
housefly
scorpion
erhua variant of là tuó
erhua variant of là tuó
silkworm eggs
silkworm eggs
silverfish
silverfish