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zi , (zi3) // pronunciations of 子 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 子

Unihan definition: offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch

Number of strokes: 3
Examples of other characters consisting of 3 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  39.0

HSK level: 1
Other HSK 1 characters: , , , , , , , , , more hsk 1 charaters »

Frequency rank: 37

General standard index number: 0064

Examples of words containing this character: 丙子, 中子, 丸子, 主子, 亭子, 人子, 介子, 仙子, 份子, 分子, 伢子, 位子, 侉子, 例子, 个子, 假子, 傻子, 光子, 儿子, 兔子, 公子, 册子, 冠子, 凯子, 凳子

English translation (based on CEDICT):

子[]:
- 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[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
子[zi]:
- (noun suffix)

Details

Unicode code point: U+5B50

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