zǎi

small thing

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

子 sound component

  Sound component

zi

  

child

Evolution

仔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
仔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

small thing, child; young animal; meticulous; (of domestic animals or fowls) young

 

zǎi

variant of [zǎi]

 

see 仔肩[zī​jiān]

Most common words with 仔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

仔细

careful

meticulous

牛仔

cowboy

牛仔裤

jeans

仔猪

piglet