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
lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom)
lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom)
Zhao Zilong, courtesy name of Zhao Yun
Zhao Zilong, courtesy name of Zhao Yun
callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on the feet)
(dialect) to live as a bachelor; bachelor
hopscotch; to play hopscotch
somersault (in gymnastics or dance); head-over-heels
to run away; to escape
to run away; to escape
pedal
lit. to climb all over sb
lit. to climb all over sb
posture; upright posture
car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc)
wheel
wheel
(American) cherry (loanword)
(American) cherry (loanword)
(lit.) the soft knife; (fig.) underhanded tactics
(lit.) the soft knife; (fig.) underhanded tactics
(coll.) pushover; soft touch
(coll.) pushover; soft touch