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子

zǐ

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zǐ · zi2 (Jyutping)

  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[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
  8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
  9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

zi · zi2 (Jyutping)

  1. noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

子

Meaning
offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
Radical
子
Strokes
3
Components
⿻了一
Cangjie
ND
Four-corner
1740.7

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