Many abandoned children  representing an orphanage

Components
子 meaning component

  Meaning component

zi

  

child

子 meaning component

  Meaning component

zi

  

child

子 meaning component

  Meaning component

zi

  

child

Evolution

孨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
孨 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zi

offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch

 

 

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[wǔ​děng​jué​wèi]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)

 

zi

(noun suffix)

 

zhuǎn

 

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+5B68

Shuowen

“孨,謹也。从三子。”


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