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籽

zǐ

Character

What 籽 means

1. seed (of a plant)

Example sentences

• 我喜欢嗑葵花籽。
  Wǒ xǐhuan kè kuíhuā zǐ.
  I like cracking sunflower seeds.

Words starting with 籽

• 籽实zǐ shíseed; grain; kernel

Words containing 籽

• 无籽wú zǐseedless
• 草籽cǎo zǐgrass seed
• 菜籽cài zǐvegetable seeds; rapeseed
• 亚麻籽yà má zǐflaxseed; linseed
• 奇亚籽qí yà zǐ(loanword) chia seed
• 油菜籽yóu cài zǐoilseed rape (Brassica campestris); rapeseed; coleseed
• 胡麻籽hú má zǐsesame seed
• 菜籽油cài zǐ yóurapeseed oil; canola oil
• 芥菜籽jiè cài zǐmustard seed
• 蓖麻籽bì má zǐcastor beans
• 茴香籽huí xiāng zǐcumin; fennel seed
• 莳萝籽shí luó zǐdill seed
• 鱼籽yú zǐvariant of 鱼子

Characters built on 子

These share the phonetic component 子 (zi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 字zìletter; symbol; character
• 季jìseason; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers
• 李lǐplum
• 仔zǐ(bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young; (bound form) fine; detailed
• 孜zīused in 孜孜
• 孳zīindustrious; produce; bear
• 耔zǐhoe up soil around plants

Characters that look like 籽

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
• 秒miǎosecond (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (colloquial) instantly
• 柠níngused in 柠檬
• 秆gǎnstalks of grain
• 杵chǔpestle; to poke
• 栎lìoak; Quercus serrata

Sounds the same

Read zǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 仔(bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young; (bound form) fine; detailed
• 紫purple; violet
• 姊older sister; Taiwan pr. jiě
• 子son; child; seed
• 梓Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and…
• 滓(bound form) dregs; sediment
• 笫bamboo mat; bed mat
• 秭billion
• 耔hoe up soil around plants
• 呰to slander; to blame; to revile
• 矷(a kind of stone)
• 胏dried meat with bone