子女

Character by character

• 子zǐ3 strokesHSK 1offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
• 女nǚ3 strokesHSK 1woman, girl; feminine; Kangxi radical 38; 10th lunar mansion, determinative star ε Aquarii (Albali)

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 子女. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 孩子hái ziHSK 1

  child

• 女nǚHSK 1

  female; woman; daughter

• 女人nǚ rénHSK 1

  woman

• 子zǐHSK 1

  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 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub-

• 儿子ér ziHSK 1

  son

• 女儿nǚ érHSK 1

  daughter

• 房子fáng ziHSK 1

  house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room

• 样子yàng ziHSK 2

  appearance; manner; pattern; model

• 妻子qī zǐHSK 4

  wife and children

• 日子rì ziHSK 2

  day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life

• 女性nǚ xìngHSK 5

  woman; the female sex

• 电子diàn zǐ

  electronic; electron (particle physics)

• 女生nǚ shēngHSK 1

  schoolgirl; female student; girl

• 美女měi nǚHSK 4

  beautiful woman

• 女士nǚ shìHSK 4

  lady; madam; Miss; Ms

• 女子nǚ zǐHSK 3

  woman; female

• 一辈子yī bèi ziHSK 5

  (for) a lifetime

• 男子nán zǐHSK 3

  a man; a male

• 肚子dù ziHSK 4

  belly; abdomen; stomach

• 妇女fù nǚHSK 6

  woman

• 女朋友nǚ péng youHSK 1

  girlfriend

• 脑子nǎo ziHSK 5

  brains; mind

• 鼻子bí ziHSK 5

  nose

• 帽子mào ziHSK 4

  hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name