The Chinese Radical: 子


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Meaning
child    子

Explanation A child with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一.

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

A child with an emphasized head 乛, a body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一 seeking help.  
HSK 1
learn, study, science
xué
From top: beam of light , cover 冖, child 子 (Image of a child with an oversized head 乛, a body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一 seeking help)
There is a crown above the child when it is busy in learning.  
HSK 1
good, well, proper
hǎo, hào
Left: woman 女, right: child 子 (A child with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two support-seeking arms 一.)
Women and children are good.  
HSK 1
character, letter, symbol, word

Top: roof 宀, bottom: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一 seeking help.)
Under the roof a child is sitting to study: the characters.  
HSK 2
to educate, teach, religion
jiāo, jiào
Left: filial obedience 孝 (... An old man 耂 with a stick/cane ノ teaches them to a child 子), right: strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a further stick 卜)
On this earth children a striked with a stick as: education.  
HSK 2
child
hái
Left: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一), right: (zodiac) pig 亥 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶)
A child like a pig, is really a child.  
HSK 3
plum

Top: tree 木, bottom: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一)
The tree that has something for the children is: the plum.  
HSK 3
season, period, the last month of a season

Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一)
Rice plants and children develop with the seasons.  
HSK 4
grandson, descendant
sūn
Left: child 子 (A child with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一), right: small 小 (A person 亅 with the arms 八 close to the body is small)
The child who is the smallest is the grandson.  
HSK 4
exist, deposit, store, keep, survive
cún
Left: var. of talent 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented.), right: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一)
With his talent, the child can exist and survive.  
HSK 4
thick, deep or profound, kind, generous
hòu
From top: cliff 厂, sun 日, child 子 (.. a child with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一)
Under the cliff in the sun there is a child that is thick, but kind and generous.  
HSK 4
small thing, child, chick (young animal), attentive
zī, zǐ, zǎi
Left: Person 亻, right: child 子 (... with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一)
A person has to give attentions to small things, like chicks.  
HSK 5
to enjoy, to benefit, have pleasure
xiǎng
Top: var. of high/tall 高, bottom: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一)
The tall child is enjoying.  
HSK 5
pregnancy, pregnant
yùn
Top: therefore/thus 乃 (side view of a pregnancy belly), below: child 子
From the womb a child is born at the pregnancy.  
HSK 5
filial piety or obedience, mourning apparel
xiào
Top: old man 耂, below: child 子
Towards an old man, a child has the: filial duties.  
HSK 5
neck, collar

Left: body part 月/肉, right: 孛 (from above: head 十, emphasized broad neck 冖, small rest 子 of the body)
The body part that is here emphasized is the neck.  
HSK 5
to recommend, grass, straw mat
jiàn
Top: plant, grass 艹, bottom: exist 存 (With this talent 才 the child 子 can exist.)
Grass exists and [I recommend its use] as a straw mat.  
HSK 6
to float, unstable, superficial, excessive

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

Left: 孛 Combination of ten 十 and character, symbol 字, right: strength 力
Ten symbols of his strength are flourishing suddenly.  
HSK 6
lone, lonely, orphan

Left: child 子, right: melon 瓜 (image of a melon hanging from a frame)
The child and the single hanging melon are lonely.  
HSK 6
roar or howl of an animal, bellow of rage
hǒu
Left: mouth 口, right: dwellings, Confucius 孔 (A child 子 is kneeling 乚 in front of the hole Confucius used to live in.), here: variant of breast, milk 乳
A baby's mouth 口 that wants milk 乳 is roaring.  
HSK 6
to abdicate, modest, unpretentious, inferior to
xùn
Left: movement 辶, right: grandson 孙 (The child 子 who is the smallest 小 is the grandson.)
(Reached the age limit:) The movement, when the grandson comes is to abdicate modestly.  
no HSK
crime, sin, disaster, evil
niè
Top: 薛 (grass 艹, anal penetration, torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口, needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture), bottom: child 子
In the grass, anal penetration with a child is a: crime.  
no HSK
to go against, to be contrary to, perverse, rebellious
bèi
Left: feelings 忄, right: comet 孛 (It crosses 十 the orbits of the planets in the firmament 冖 and is (big as a) child 子)
(It does not follow a planetary orbit:) The feeling with a comet that it: goes against.  
no HSK
hard-working, industrious

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

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

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

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

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

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