Contionary:子
Dan'a'yo
| Fact Table | |
|---|---|
| 中 | HSK/1 |
| 日 | 1 |
| 韓 | 中 |
| SKIP/4/3/1 | |
| Radical/39 (子) | |
Alternative Forms
Hanmun: 지 ; Latin: ji; Variants: 仔, 㜽, 𡿹, 𡐫, 𣕓, 𢀇, 𢀈, 𠙭, 𢀉
Pronunciation
(Dan'a'yo) IPA: /ji/
Meaning
 | This character cannot stand alone in the language Dan'a'yo; it must be part of another word. The meaning of the character is 'child, son', which is written |
- son, male child (human). Also in compounds like 世子, 中子, 公子
- For the inmate "my son" or "sonny", use
子子 .
- For the inmate "my son" or "sonny", use
- It may have been productive in word-building to make nouns, sometime in the distant past, but it is not so in Dan'a'yo
- 物 serves that purpose in Dan'a'yo on a productive basis.
- In ancient times, it also meant 'master' or 'sir'. To that end, use
夫子 .- The highest, most esteemed master of the ancient world was Confucius, so it can refer to him (the Master),
孔子 .
- The highest, most esteemed master of the ancient world was Confucius, so it can refer to him (the Master),
- As a semantically bleached version of 'child' or 'offspring', it came to mean 'egg', or 'seed', as in 五倍子, 五味子, 胞子
- Further on, it came to be used in compounds meaning, 'grain, or 'granule', as in 光子, 浮子
- In astrology, it is Rat (earthly branch)
