子 zi
noun suffix
子 zǐ
noun | radical 39
: son; offspring; 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
Kun Reading
子 | こ ko
noun | noun suffix
: child
: young (animal)
: young woman; young geisha
: offshoot
: interest
: (Abbreviation) new shares
: (Archaism) bird egg; (Noun suffix) (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women)
子 | ね ne
noun | noun suffix
: first sign of Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November)
子 OR 実 | み mi
noun
: fruit; nut
: seed
: (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.
: content; substance
On Reading
子 | し shi
noun
: child (esp. a boy)
: viscount
: (Honorific or respectful language) master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius)
: philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings
: (Archaism) you (of one’s equals); (Noun suffix) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing…)
子 OR 主 | す su
suffix
: honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
