子 zǐ
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-
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