zǐ
子 (zǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “son; child; seed”.
Meanings
- 1son
- 2child
- 3seed
- 4egg
- 5small thing
- 61st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
- 7viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- 8ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- 9subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-