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˙

zi

son

子 is a 3 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as zi in the fifth tone, however it can also be pronounced as .

It is made up of the components (-ed) and (one).

  • ˙

    zi

    son

    • ㄌㄜ ˙

      le

      -ed

    • one

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Feeling very hungry, Astri[d’s i]ndigent son reached for another footlong sub after finishing 了 one 一.
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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 子

zi
zi

Definitions for 子 pronounced as zi

  • (noun suffix)

Definitions for 子 pronounced as zǐ

  • 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]
  • ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)

Vocabulary

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