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
Shuangchengzi, old name of Ussuriisk in Russia
Shuangchengzi, old name of Ussuriysk city
Gemini (star sign)
Gemini (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
dicot; plant with two seed leaves
dicot plant; plant with two seed leaves
Shuangtai district of Panjin city pán jǐn shì, Liaoning
Shuangtai district of Panjin city pán jǐn shì, Liaoning
Shuangtai district of Panjin city pán jǐn shì, Liaoning
Shuangtai district of Panjin city pán jǐn shì, Liaoning
(coll.) hen's egg
(coll.) hen's egg
ion
ion exchange
ion exchange
ionic bond (chemistry)
ionic bond (chemistry)
Meili Snow Mountain in Yunnan
snow lion, Tibetan myth animal
snow lion in Tibetan myth; Tibet symbol
Tibetan Snow Lion flag; pro-independence flag
Tibetan snow lion flag; Tibet independence flag
(slang) cop
electronic; electron (particle physics)
electron volt, unit of energy