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Character Decomposition
子=了+一
Etymology
A child in a wrap, with outstretched arms but bundled legs
Meanings
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
ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair"
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Words with 子 4313 total
(electricity) stator定子dìng zǐchip; counter筹子chóu ziouter (of cabbage etc) · upper (of a shoe) · (coll.) group · gang帮子bāng ziwatchman's clapper · wooden clappers with bars of unequal length · abbr. for 梆子腔梆子bāng zibeloved son爱子ài zǐone's share of expenses (e.g. when buying a gift collectively) · cash gift份子fèn ziplectrum拨子bō zison of an official · son of nobility · your son (honorific)公子gōng zǐstrip of high ground · low earth dyke separating fields埂子gěng zielectronic · electron (particle physics)电子diàn zǐpool · pit · ditch · cesspit凼子dàng zi
Idioms with 子 232 total
(idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)爱民如子ài mín rú zǐHow do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.不入虎穴，焉得虎子bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐlit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom) · fig. pair of ideal lovers才子佳人cái zǐ jiā rén