子
Pinyin: zì
Basic explanation: 子
zǐ
In ancient times, it refers to children, and now it refers to children. Refers to son: children. descendants. Heirs. Children (young people, young people).
Plant fruits and seeds: rapeseed. melon seeds. Zishi.
Animal eggs: fish roe. Canzi.
Young, small: chicken. Sub-animal. Zicheng.
Small, hard, granular things: bullets (d刵). Chess pieces.
Opposite of "mother": child money (interest). Zimu buckle. Consonants (consonants).
The name for people: man. wife. Scholar (scholar). Zhouzi (boatman). Talented man.
An ancient honorific title for people; a teacher or a moral and knowledgeable person: Confucius. The scholars of the pre-Qin period.
The first of the Earthly Branches is Rat: Zi Chou Yin Mao (a metaphor for the orderly hierarchy or order of things).
Used for timing: midnight (eleven to one o'clock at night). Midnight (late night).
The fourth rank among the five ranks of the feudal system: Viscount.
Attached to nouns, verbs, and adjectives, it has a noun nature (pronounced softly): flag. trouble. Fat man.
Some quantifier suffixes (pronounced softly): Knocked on the door twice.
Surname.