子

Pictographic: A child in a wrap, with outstretched arms but bundled legsRadical: 子

meaning for 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
  • - ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)

meaning for 子 zi:

  • - (noun suffix)
búxiào不肖
zhī之
zǐ子
bàihuài败坏
le了
zhèjiā这家
de的
mén门
fēng风
。

The unworthy son corrupted the ethics and moral standards of the family .

zhège这个
bǐng饼
zǐ子
shì是
biǎn扁
de的
。

This pancake is flat.

dànshì但是
tā它
zēngzhǎng增长
de的
hěnkuài很快
，
yuányīn原因
jiùshì就是
tā它
de的
chóngdié重叠
zǐ子
wèntí问题
。

And the reason it does is because of this overlapping.