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
to pass a message
to pass a message
to abandon wife and children
to abandon wife and children
posthumous child
at that time; then
young fellow countryman; young person from the same village
young fellow countryman; young person from the same village
gamete; sex cell
fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom)
vinegar jar; (fig.) person of a jealous nature
vinegar jar; (fig.) person of a jealous nature
baryon (physics)
great-grandson
great-grandson
pregnant; pregnant woman
heavy ion (physics)
heavy ion (physics)
feral child
woman's lover
woman's lover
(coll.) unorthodox (method etc)
quantum mechanics
quantization (physics)
quantum field theory