子 (zǐ, zi) — Chinese Character

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

个子

gè zi

丫子

yā zi

中子

zhōng zǐ

丸子

wán zi

主子

zhǔ zi

义子

yì zǐ

乐子

lè zi

乱子

luàn zi

亭子

tíng zi

亲子

qīn zǐ

Related characters (radical 子)

Characters that share the radical 子.

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