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
barbarian; slave servant
barbarian; slave servant
diffraction grating (physics)
covering
pita bread (Middle eastern flat bread)
phylum of flowering plants
angiosperms; phylum of flowering plants
variant of kù zi, trousers; pants
lining; (fig.) substance (as opposed to outward appearance)
gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone)
gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone)
gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone)
lace hemming
lace hemming
pants; trousers
to make a mess of sth; to bungle; to mismanage
coat; jacket; short and lined coat or robe
coat; jacket; short and lined coat or robe
socks; stockings
another name for Xishi 西xī shī
lit. Xishi clasps at her heart (idiom)
Xidian University
Xidian University
Siemens (company name)
Siemens AG