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On the HSK 3 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A2.

zǐ ㄗˇ

    • 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 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
    • ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
    • subsidiary subordinate (prefix) sub-

Other words read zǐ

In the same tone

All 15 words read zǐ

zi with other tones

All 54 words read zi in any tone

Other words read zǐ

In the same tone

All 15 words read zǐ

zi with other tones

All 54 words read zi in any tone

zi ˙ㄗ

    • noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"

Other words read zi

zi with other tones

All 54 words read zi in any tone

Other words read zi

zi with other tones

All 54 words read zi in any tone

How 子 is written

    部首 radical
    子
    笔画 strokes
    3
    结构 structure
    独体字

    子 as a 部首

    子 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 35 under 子. Look a character up by the 子 radical

    Easy to confuse with 子

    Words with 子

    Starting with 子

    All 67 words starting with 子

    Ending with 子

    All 1246 words ending with 子

    Containing 子

    All 388 words containing 子

    Words with 子

    Starting with 子

    All 67 words starting with 子

    Ending with 子

    All 1247 words ending with 子

    Containing 子

    All 388 words containing 子

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 子

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