子

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

  • 紫 zǐ purple
  • 姊 zǐ older sister
  • 呰 zǐ slander
  • 仔 zǐ fine
  • 梓 zǐ printing blocks

All 15 words read zǐ

zi with other tones

  • 自 zì self
  • 字 zì letter
  • 缁 zī Buddhists
  • 资 zī resources
  • 滋 zī grow

All 54 words read zi in any tone

Other words read zǐ

In the same tone

  • 紫 zǐ purple
  • 姊 zǐ older sister
  • 呰 zǐ slander
  • 仔 zǐ fine
  • 梓 zǐ printing blocks

All 15 words read zǐ

zi with other tones

  • 自 zì self
  • 字 zì letter
  • 緇 zī Buddhists
  • 資 zī resources
  • 滋 zī grow

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

  • 自 zì self
  • 字 zì letter
  • 紫 zǐ purple
  • 姊 zǐ older sister
  • 缁 zī Buddhists

All 54 words read zi in any tone

Other words read zi

zi with other tones

  • 自 zì self
  • 字 zì letter
  • 紫 zǐ purple
  • 姊 zǐ older sister
  • 緇 zī Buddhists

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

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