Character data

HSK 1

FREQUENCY 37th character

RADICAL ⼦ (39.0)

STROKES 3

INDEX # 64

子 zi zǐ

(noun suffix); son; child

HSK 1 #37

子 zi	1. (noun suffix)
子 zǐ	1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat 7. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 8. Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位wǔ děng jué wèi

Word	Meaning
链子 liàn zi	chain
棋子 qí zǐ	chess piece
幌子 huǎng zi	(fig.) pretense; shop sign; signboard
珠子 zhū zi	bead; pearl
瘸子 qué zi	lame person (colloquial)
棒子 bàng zi	stick; club; cudgel
稿子 gǎo zi	draft of a document; manuscript; script
兜圈子 dōu quān zi	to beat about the bush; to go around; to circle
鞭子 biān zi	whip
一家子 yī jiā zi	the whole family
橙子 chéng zi	orange
子民 zǐ mín	people
哪门子 nǎ mén zi	(coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what; what kind
岔子 chà zi	setback; accident; hiccup
骡子 luó zi	mule
刽子手 guì zi shǒu	executioner; fig. indiscriminate murderer; slaughterer
档子 dàng zi	classifier for affairs, events etc
调子 diào zi	(speech) tone; intonation; tune
板子 bǎn zi	board; plank; bamboo or birch for corporal punishment
狗崽子 gǒu zǎi zi	(derog.) son of a bitch; (coll.) puppy
鬼子 guǐ zi	refers to 日本鬼子rì běn guǐ zi, wartime term insult for Japanese; devils
格子 gé zi	check (pattern of squares); lattice
碟子 dié zi	small dish; saucer
钳子 qián zi	pliers; clamp; tongs
阵子 zhèn zi	period of time

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