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
ㅤ。

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
ㅤ。

This pancake is flat.

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

And the reason it does is because of this overlapping.