子

zǐ, zi

son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub-

Radical: 子 HSK 1 g, q pictographic

Components & Etymology

子 decomposes into the following components:

了 一

Words containing 子

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 子.

世子
shì zǐ
丙子
bǐng zǐ
thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056
个子
gè zi
height
丫子
yā zi
中子
zhōng zǐ
neutron
丸子
wán zi
pills
主子
zhǔ zi
Master (term used by servant)
义子
yì zǐ
乐子
lè zi
fun
乱子
luàn zi
亭子
tíng zi
pavilion
亲子
qīn zǐ
parent and child

Related characters (radical 子)

Characters that share the radical 子.

孓 孔 孕 字 存 孙 孚 孛 孜 孝 孟 孢 季 孤 孥 学 孨 孩 孪 孫 孬 孰 孱 孳

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