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子
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

child

HSK 1 N4
Human →Relations →Family
zi, zǐ
シ、ス、ツ
こ、-こ、ね
자
Pictograph of a small child with its two arms waving.
Notes
Historical Evolution
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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
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Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
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Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
子
Regular
Modern
Chinese
子 [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[wǔ​děng​jué​wèi]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
子 [zi]
(noun suffix)
Japanese
子 、 児 こ 同音

noun

  1. child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person
  2. (one's) child; offspring
  3. young woman (also 娘)
  4. young (animal)
  5. offshoot
  6. interest
  7. finance abbrev. new share
  8. card gamesmahjong player who is not a dealer
  9. young geisha; young prostitute (also 姑)
  10. archaic bird egg

n-suf

  1. -er (often of young women) (after a noun or -masu stem)
子 ね 同音

noun

  1. the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac)
  2. obsolete hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am)
  3. obsolete north
  4. obsolete eleventh month of the lunar calendar
子 し 同音
  1. noun child (esp. a boy)
  2. noun viscount
  3. noun honorific founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master
  4. noun masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature)
  5. pronoun archaic you (of one's equals)
  6. n-suf -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
  7. counter Go counter for played stones
子 こう 同音

noun

  1. rare child
  2. rare interest
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (4)
その子は母親に甘えた。
The child played the baby to his mother.
ふふっ・・・その子、人間じゃないの。ロボットなのよ。ア・ン・ド・ロ・イ・ド。
Ha-ha ... She isn't human. She's a robot; A-n-d-r-o-i-d.
鯨は哺乳動物である。言い換えれば子に乳を与える。
A whale is a mammal; in other words it feeds milk to its young.
彼はきっすいのロンドン子です。
He's a genuine Londoner.
Japanese Names
子 こ
Ko surname
子 このえ
Konoe female given name
子 しげる
Shigeru given name
子 ね
Ne place name
子 ねね
Nene unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
孩子 [hái​zi] #116
child
儿子 [ér​zi] #321
son
儿子 [ér​zi] #321
son
房子 [fáng​zi] #418
house
妻子 [qī​zǐ] #518
wife and children
样子 [yàng​zi] #615
appearance
样子 [yàng​zi] #615
appearance
日子 [rì​zi] #971
day
案子 [àn​zi] #525
long table
电子 [diàn​zǐ] #2,618
electronic
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 様子 [ようす] #236
state (of affairs)
⭐ 子供 [こども] #531
child
⭐ 女の子 [おんなのこ] #586
girl
⭐ 調子 [ちょうし] #1,043
tune
⭐ 息子 [むすこ] #1,094
son
あの子 [あのこ] #1,356
that child
⭐ 女子 [じょし] #1,506
woman
⭐ 男の子 [おとこのこ] #1,710
boy
⭐ 男子 [だんし] #1,870
boy
⭐ 実 [じつ] #2,463
truth
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KOREAN WORDS (70)
여자 #250
woman
남자 #286
man; male
자식 #789
child; kid
모자 #2,237
mother and son
상자 #6,281
box
입자 #7,634
particle
자궁 #8,634
womb
과자 #10,485
snack
왕자 #10,609
prince
의자 #12,824
chair; stool
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