The Chinese Radical: 子


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Meaning
child    子

Explanation A child with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two outstretched arms .

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
child, son, small thing, seed, egg
zǐ, zi

A child with an emphasized head , a body 丿 and two outstretched arms seeking help.
JLPT HSK 1
learn, study, science
xué
From top: beam of light , cover , child (Image of a child with an oversized head , a body 丿 and two outstretched arms seeking help)
There is a crown above the child when it is busy in learning.
JLPT HSK 1
good, well, proper
hǎo, hào
Left: woman , right: child (A child with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two support-seeking arms .)
Women and children are good.
JLPT HSK 1
character, letter, symbol, word

Top: roof , bottom: child (.. with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two outstretched arms seeking help.)
Under the roof a child is sitting to study: the characters.
JLPT HSK 2
to educate, teach, religion
jiāo, jiào
Left: filial obedience (... An old man with a stick/cane teaches them to a child ), right: strike 攵/ (a hand with a further stick )
On this earth children a striked with a stick as: education.
JLPT HSK 2
child
hái
Left: child (.. with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two help-seeking arms ), right: (zodiac) pig (head , fat body small tail )
A child like a pig, is really a child.
JLPT HSK 3
plum

Top: tree , bottom: child (.. with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two help-seeking arms )
The tree that has something for the children is: the plum.
JLPT HSK 3
season, period, the last month of a season

Top: rice plant , bottom: child (.. with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two help-seeking arms )
Rice plants and children develop with the seasons.
JLPT HSK 4
grandson, descendant
sūn
Left: child (A child with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two help-seeking arms ), right: small (A person with the arms close to the body is small)
The child who is the smallest is the grandson.
JLPT HSK 4
exist, deposit, store, keep, survive
cún
Left: var. of talent (If the big man balances on one foot, he is talented.), right: child (.. with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two help-seeking arms )
With his talent, the child can exist and survive.
JLPT HSK 4
thick, deep or profound, kind, generous
hòu
From top: cliff , sun , child (.. a child with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two help-seeking arms )
Under the cliff in the sun there is a child that is thick, but kind and generous.
JLPT HSK 4
small thing, child, chick (young animal), attentive
zī, zǐ, zǎi
Left: Person , right: child (... with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two outstretched arms )
A person has to give attentions to small things, like chicks.
JLPT HSK 5
to enjoy, to benefit, have pleasure
xiǎng
Top: var. of high/tall , bottom: child (.. with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two outstretched arms )
The tall child is enjoying.
JLPT HSK 5
pregnancy, pregnant
yùn
Top: therefore/thus (side view of a pregnancy belly), below: child
From the womb a child is born at the pregnancy.
JLPT HSK 5
filial piety or obedience, mourning apparel
xiào
Top: old man , below: child
Towards an old man, a child has the: filial duties.
JLPT HSK 5
neck, collar

Left: body part /, right: 孛 (from above: head , emphasized broad neck , small rest of the body)
The body part that is here emphasized is the neck.
JLPT HSK 5
to recommend, grass, straw mat
jiàn
Top: plant, grass , bottom: exist 存 (With this talent the child can exist.)
Grass exists and [I recommend its use] as a straw mat.
JLPT HSK 6
to float, unstable, superficial, excessive

Left: water , right: trust (To the hand reaching down , the child is trusting.)
Into the water, a hand reaches down for a child that is floating.
JLPT HSK 6
ferocious, violent, suddenly, fierce, abrupt
měng
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: eldest brother (child , bowl/plate )
The animal has a child in its bowl: It was ferocious and violent.
JLPT HSK 6
hole, dwellings, Confucius
kǒng
Left: child , right: kneeling person
A child is kneeling in front of the hole Confucius used to live in.
JLPT HSK 6
flourishing, vigorous, prosperous, suddenly

Left: 孛 Combination of ten and character, symbol 字, right: strength
Ten symbols of his strength are flourishing suddenly.
JLPT HSK 6
lone, lonely, orphan

Left: child , right: melon (image of a melon hanging from a frame)
The child and the single hanging melon are lonely.
JLPT HSK 6
roar or howl of an animal, bellow of rage
hǒu
Left: mouth , right: dwellings, Confucius (A child is kneeling in front of the hole Confucius used to live in.), here: variant of breast, milk 乳
A baby's mouth that wants milk 乳 is roaring.
JLPT HSK 6
to abdicate, modest, unpretentious, inferior to
xùn
Left: movement , right: grandson 孙 (The child who is the smallest is the grandson.)
(Reached the age limit:) The movement, when the grandson comes is to abdicate modestly.
JLPT no HSK
crime, sin, disaster, evil
niè
Top: 薛 (grass , anal penetration, torture (buttock from the side , anus , needle as symbol for penetration or torture), bottom: child
In the grass, anal penetration with a child is a: crime.
JLPT no HSK
to go against, to be contrary to, perverse, rebellious
bèi
Left: feelings , right: comet 孛 (It crosses the orbits of the planets in the firmament and is (big as a) child )
(It does not follow a planetary orbit:) The feeling with a comet that it: goes against.
JLPT no HSK
hard-working, industrious

Left: child , right: strike 攵/ (hand with a stick )
The child is beaten to make it: hard-working.
JLPT no HSK
breeding, to incubate, to hatch

Left: egg , right: trust (To the hand reaching down , the child is trusting) [cf. milk, breast 乳]
The egg needs to be entrusted to sb. for: breeding.
JLPT no HSK
to trust, to believe in

Top: hand reaching down , bottom: child
A hand reaching down is what a child can trust in.
JLPT no HSK
to palpitate, fearful, afraid, perturbed

Left: feelings , right: season, period 季 (Rice plants and children develop with the seasons.)
The feeling with periods is: the palpitating heart with fear.
JLPT no HSK
seeds

Left: rice , right: child
The rice has 'children', namely: the seeds.
JLPT no HSK
eldest amongst brothers, first month of a season
mèng
Top: child , bottom: bowl
The child who got a bowl (as a present at birth) is the eldest brother.

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