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子
zǐ
1. son
2. child
3. seed
4. egg
5. small thing
6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
7. Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility [[五等爵位<wǔděngjuéwèi>]]
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 3 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

子
zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
HSK 1 3 丶

Compound Words (20)

丙子
bǐngzǐ
thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056
中子
zhōngzǐ
neutron
丸子
wánzi
pills
主子
zhǔzi
Master (term used by servant)
亭子
tíngzi
pavilion
HSK 6
人子
rénzǐ
son of man
介子
jièzǐ
meson
仙子
xiānzǐ
fairy
份子
fènzi
one's share of a gift price
分子
fènzǐ
members of a class or group
伢子
yázi
(dialect) child
位子
wèizi
place
侉子
kuǎzi
person speaking with a foreign accent
例子
lìzi
case
个子
gèzi
height
HSK 3
假子
jiǎzǐ
adopted son
傻子
shǎzi
idiot
光子
guāngzǐ
photon (particle physics)
兔子
tùzi
hare
HSK 5
公子
gōngzǐ
son of an official

Alternate Entries

子
zi
(noun suffix)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
36
Word Frequency Rank
83 of 84,292
Radical Number
39

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