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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
字 zì	字 \| 字* \| *字	letter / symbol / character / word / CL: 個｜个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China	HSK 1


子 zi	子 \| 子* \| *子	(noun suffix)	HSK 1


自 zì	自 \| 自* \| *自	(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course	HSK 4


紫 zǐ	紫 \| 紫* \| *紫	purple / violet	HSK 5


兹 zī	兹 \| 兹* \| *兹	now / here / this / time / year	茲 HSK 7-9


仔 zī	仔 \| 仔* \| *仔	used in 仔肩


仔 zǐ	仔 \| 仔* \| *仔	(bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young / (bound form) fine; detailed


子 zǐ	子 \| 子* \| *子	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) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-


吱 zī	吱 \| 吱* \| *吱	(onom.) chirp; squeak; creak


梓 zǐ	梓 \| 梓* \| *梓	Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items / (bound form) printing blocks


谘 zī	谘 \| 谘* \| *谘	simplified form of 諮 (Note: In practice, 咨 is usually used in simplified Chinese rather than 谘, even though 咨 is not officially designated as the simplified form of 諮.)


资 zī	资 \| 资* \| *资	resources / capital / to provide / to supply / to support / money / expense	資


籽 zǐ	籽 \| 籽* \| *籽	seeds


耔 zǐ	耔 \| 耔* \| *耔	hoe up soil around plants


姿 zī	姿 \| 姿* \| *姿	beauty / disposition / looks / appearance


咨 zī	咨 \| 咨* \| *咨	(bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel	諮


孜 zī	孜 \| 孜* \| *孜	used in 孜孜


渍 zì	渍 \| 渍* \| *渍	to soak / to be stained / stain / floodwater	漬


列子 Lièzǐ	列子 \| 列子* \| *列子	Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國｜战国 / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉｜魏晋 (3rd century AD)


子路 Zǐ Lù	子路 \| 子路* \| *子路	Zi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子, also known as Ji Lu 季路


谘 zī	谘 \| 谘* \| *谘	variant of 咨	諮


淄 zī	淄 \| 淄* \| *淄	black / name of a river


镃 zī	镃 \| 镃* \| *镃	hoe / mattock	鎡


笫 zǐ	笫 \| 笫* \| *笫	bamboo mat / bed mat


剚 zì	剚 \| 剚* \| *剚	erect / stab


眦 zì	眦 \| 眦* \| *眦	(anatomy) corner of the eye; canthus	眥


訾 Zī	訾 \| 訾* \| *訾	surname Zi


訾 zī	訾 \| 訾* \| *訾	to calculate / to assess / wealth


訾 zǐ	訾 \| 訾* \| *訾	to slander / to detest


孖 zī	孖 \| 孖* \| *孖	twins


缁 zī	缁 \| 缁* \| *缁	Buddhists / black silk / dark	緇


嗞 zī	嗞 \| 嗞* \| *嗞	(onom.) sizzle, hiss, slurp etc


澬 zī	澬 \| 澬* \| *澬	to rain continuously


鲻 zī	鲻 \| 鲻* \| *鲻	mullet	鯔


觜 zī	觜 \| 觜* \| *觜	number 20 of the 28 constellations 二十八宿, approx. Orion 獵戶座｜猎户座


姊 zǐ	姊 \| 姊* \| *姊	older sister / Taiwan pr. [jie3]


滓 zǐ	滓 \| 滓* \| *滓	(bound form) dregs; sediment


孳 zī	孳 \| 孳* \| *孳	industrious / produce / bear


咨 zī	咨 \| 咨* \| *咨	variant of 諮｜咨 / used in 咨文 / used in 咨嗟


扻 zì	扻 \| 扻* \| *扻	to strike / to run against / to throw, as a stone


秭 zǐ	秭 \| 秭* \| *秭	billion


龇 zī	龇 \| 龇* \| *龇	projecting teeth / to bare one's teeth	齜


呲 zī	呲 \| 呲* \| *呲	variant of 齜｜龇


辎 zī	辎 \| 辎* \| *辎	covered wagon / military supply wagon	輜


菑 Zī	菑 \| 菑* \| *菑	surname Zi


菑 zī	菑 \| 菑* \| *菑	(archaic) field recently opened for cultivation / (literary) to weed


趑 zī	趑 \| 趑* \| *趑	to falter / unable to move


胔 zì	胔 \| 胔* \| *胔	rotten meat / bones of dead animal


牸 zì	牸 \| 牸* \| *牸	female of domestic animals


粢 zī	粢 \| 粢* \| *粢	common millet


髭 zī	髭 \| 髭* \| *髭	mustache


茈 zǐ	茈 \| 茈* \| *茈	Common Gromwell or European stoneseed (Lithospermum officinale)


矷 zǐ	矷 \| 矷* \| *矷	(a kind of stone)


鼒 zī	鼒 \| 鼒* \| *鼒	tripod with a small opening on top


虸 zǐ	虸 \| 虸* \| *虸	used in 虸蚄


胾 zì	胾 \| 胾* \| *胾	cut meat into pieces / diced meat


胏 zǐ	胏 \| 胏* \| *胏	dried meat with bone


眦 zì	眦 \| 眦* \| *眦	variant of 眥｜眦


锱 zī	锱 \| 锱* \| *锱	ancient weight / one-eighth of a tael	錙


鰦 zī	鰦 \| 鰦* \| *鰦	(archaic) a kind of black fish / bad person (Cantonese slang)


鄑 zī	鄑 \| 鄑* \| *鄑	place name


嵫 zī	嵫 \| 嵫* \| *嵫	see 崦嵫


呰 zǐ	呰 \| 呰* \| *呰	to slander / to blame / to revile


子贡 Zǐ Gòng	子贡 \| 子贡* \| *子贡	Zi Gong or Duanmu Ci 端木賜｜端木赐 (520 BC-), disciple of Confucius	子貢


姊 zǐ	姊 \| 姊* \| *姊	old variant of 姊	姉


赀 zī	赀 \| 赀* \| *赀	to estimate / to fine (archaic) / variant of 資｜资	貲


孶 zī	孶 \| 孶* \| *孶	old variant of 孳


玆 zī	玆 \| 玆* \| *玆	variant of 茲｜兹 / now / here / this / time / year


茊 zī	茊 \| 茊* \| *茊	old variant of 茲｜兹


李耳 Lǐ Ěr	李耳 \| 李耳* \| *李耳	Lao Zi


趦 zī	趦 \| 趦* \| *趦	variant of 趑, to falter / unable to move


惠子 Huìzi	惠子 \| 惠子* \| *惠子	Hui-zi also known as Hui Shi 惠施 (c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)


紫微斗数 zǐwēidǒushù	紫微斗数 \| 紫微斗数* \| *紫微斗数	Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling	紫微斗數


惠施 Huì Shī	惠施 \| 惠施* \| *惠施	Hui Shi, also known as Hui-zi 惠子(c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)


陈子昂 Chén Zǐ'áng	陈子昂 \| 陈子昂* \| *陈子昂	Chen Zi'ang (c. 661-702), Tang dynasty poet	陳子昂


子产 Zǐ Chǎn	子产 \| 子产* \| *子产	Zi Chan (?-522 BC), statesman and philosopher during the Spring and Autumn period	子產


恣 zì	恣 \| 恣* \| *恣	to abandon restraint / to do as one pleases / comfortable (dialect)


滋 zī	滋 \| 滋* \| *滋	to grow / to nourish / to increase / to cause / juice / taste / (dialect) to spout / to spurt


端木赐 Duānmù Cì	端木赐 \| 端木赐* \| *端木赐	Duanmu Ci (520 BC-446 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Zi Gong 子貢｜子贡	端木賜


鹰爪翻子拳 yīngzhuǎfānziquán	鹰爪翻子拳 \| 鹰爪翻子拳* \| *鹰爪翻子拳	Ying Zhua Fan Zi Quan - "Eagle Claw" - Martial Art	鷹爪翻子拳

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