子
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[edit] Translingual
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[edit] Etymology
Pictogram (象形) – an image of a baby, with a large head and spread arms. Compare 呆, of same origin.
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[edit] Han character
子 (radical 39 子+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓木 (ND), four-corner 17407, composition ⿻了一))
- offspring, child, son, daughter, Being.
- fruit, seed of
- first of twelve earth branches (十二支): rat or mouse (鼠) of Chinese zodiac
- master, e.g. Kongzi and Laozi meaning "Master Kong" and "Master Lao"
- a suffix indicating that the term to which it is attached is a noun
[edit] Derived characters
[edit] Related characters
[edit] References
- KangXi: page 277, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6930
- Dae Jaweon: page 543, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1006, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5B50
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
[edit] Hmong
[edit] Hanzi
子
- a suffix indicating that the term to which it is attached is a noun
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Kanji
[edit] Readings
[edit] Compounds
[edit] Names
- suffix used by female given names, such as 智子(ともこ, Tomoko), 英子(えいこ, Eiko; ひでこ, Hideko), 美奈子(みなこ, Minako).
- (rare) suffix used by male given names.
[edit] Noun
- A child.
- A smaller or younger version of a bigger object.
[edit] Prefix
- An object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object
[edit] Suffix
Used only in kun'yomi compounds.
- An object of a particular state or property.
- Roe (only when preceded by a fish, or fish-related prefix).
- 明太子
めんたいこ
mentaiko
pollock roe - [[飛子|飛子
とびこ
tobiko
flying fish roe
- 明太子
Used only in on'yomi compounds.
[edit] Usage notes
In some kanji compounds, 子 is part of the word but does not carry much meaning, as in 椅子. Possibly because of this erosion of meaning, 子 used in some compounds has become optional, as in 椰子/椰 (yashi, “a palm tree”) and 柚子/柚 (yuzu, “yuzu, an aromatic citron”). Also note that the shi or su reading will become voiced in some compounds as ji or zu due to rendaku (連濁).
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
子
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 자 (revised: ja, McCune-Reischauer: cha)
- Name (hangeul): 아들()
[edit] Mandarin
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[edit] Hanzi
子 (pinyin zǐ (zi3), zi (zi), Wade-Giles tzu3, tzu)
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
子 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zǐ)
[edit] Prefix
子 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zǐ)
[edit] Suffix
子 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zi)
- (Intermediate Mandarin) a suffix for a small objects
- (Intermediate Mandarin) a suffix for single-syllable nouns
[edit] Suffix
子 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zǐ)
[edit] Pronoun
子 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zǐ)
- (literary) you
[edit] Compounds
- 椰子
- 子彈
- 繩子, 绳子 (shéngzi)
- 覆盆子
- 杜松子
- 山楂子
- 使君子
- 附子
- 香附子
- 五倍子
- 大风子
- 车前子
- 枸杞子
- 蛇床子
- 蛇麻子
- 菟丝子
- 葛缕子
- 众香子
- 没食子
- 白芥子
- 蓖麻子
- 女贞子
- 伪君子
[edit] References
- "子" (in Mandarin/English). Pleco Dictionary. URL accessed on 2011-01-29.
- "子" (in Mandarin). Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2011-01-29.
- "子" (in Mandarin/English). Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2011-01-29.
[edit] Middle Chinese
[edit] Han character
子 (*tziə̌)
[edit] Vietnamese
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