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子 — stroke order
Watch how to write 子 (zi) stroke by stroke. 子 has 3 strokes and means “son”. It appears in common words such as 孩子 (child) and 日子 (day). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 子
The most common words that use 子 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
How 子 is written
- Radical
- 子
- Components
- 了 ＋ 一
- Formation
- Pictographic — A child in a wrap, with outstretched arms but bundled legs.