子
zizǐ HSK1

child

子 zi frequency
suffix noun
noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐ​zi (chair)

桌子上有一把椅子。

zhuō zi shàng yǒu yī bǎ yǐ​zi.

There is a chair at the table.

子 zǐ
child noun
a son, child, or offspring

他有两个儿子。

tā yǒu liǎng gè ér​zi.

He has two sons.

earthly branch noun
the first of the twelve earthly branches, used to represent midnight (11 p.m.–1 a.m.), the year of the rat, the 11th solar month, or the north (0°) on a compass

子时是指深夜十一点到凌晨一点。

zǐ shí shì zhǐ shēn​yè shí​yī​diǎn dào líng​chén yī​diǎn.

'Zishi' refers to the period from 11 PM to 1 AM.

seed noun
a seed, egg, or small thing

这些菜子可以种在园子里。

zhè​xiē cài zǐ kě​yǐ zhòng zài yuán​zi lǐ.

These vegetable seeds can be planted in the garden.

viscount noun
the fourth of the five ancient Chinese orders of nobility

在古代，‘子’是五等爵位中的第四等。

zài gǔ​dài,‘zǐ’ shì wǔ děng jué​wèi zhōng de dì sì děng.

In ancient times, 'zi' (Viscount) was the fourth of the five ranks of nobility.

subordinate adjective
subsidiary, subordinate, or used as a prefix meaning sub-

这个主课题下设三个子课题，由不同的小组负责完成。

zhè​ge zhǔ kè​tí xià​shè sān gè zǐ kè​tí, yóu bù​tóng de xiǎo​zǔ fù​zé wán​chéng.

This main project is divided into three sub-projects, which are being completed by different teams.

Frequency
Character
Written text
37th most common 3310.7 per million
Movie subtitles
47th most common 3793.5 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
118.4 per million appears in 32% of films
Written text
248.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
3
Unicode
U+5B50

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)