子son
son. 3 strokes. 7 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.
Meaning sonStrokes 3Characters 7
How to write 子
What it tells you about a character
Of the 7 characters below, 2 are pictophonetic with 子 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.
The 7 characters
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 子 family
HSK 2 · 3
HSK 3 · 1
HSK 4 · 2
HSK 6 · 1
Words they appear in
| 个子 | height, stature, physical build 指一个人身体的高矮程度 |
| 饺子 | dumpling, potsticker 用面皮包着馅料做成的传统食物 |
| 教学 | teaching, instruction 老师传授知识、学生学习的过程 |
| 句子 | sentence 由词语组成、能表达完整意思的一段话 |
| 开学 | school starts, term begins 新学期正式开始上课 |
| 科学 | science 研究自然规律的系统知识 |
| 科学家 | scientist 专门从事科学研究的人 |
| 筷子 | chopsticks 吃饭时用来夹菜的两根细棍 |
| 例子 | example 用来说明道理的具体事情 |
| 留学生 | international student 离开本国到外国求学的学生 |
| 瓶子 | bottle 用来装液体的容器，通常细口 |
| 日子 | days, life 指一天一天过去的生活或时间 |
| 数字 | numeral, digit 指用来表示数目的符号 |
| 学期 | semester, term 学校里一段固定的学习时间 |