籽 zǐ seed
seed; pit; pip; seeds
怎么记住“籽”: 米 rice + 子 child = seed. Grandpa pours some rice into the child's hand and explains that every grain is also a seed.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
籽 = 米 rice + 子 child
- 米 rice meaning
- 子 child sound
Grandpa pours some rice into the child's hand and explains that every grain is also a seed.
How it came to be
Rice gives the meaning and the child the sound.
用法
- A seed/pip/pit: 瓜籽 (guāzǐ) melon seeds, 菜籽 (càizǐ) rapeseed, 棉籽 (miánzǐ) cottonseed, 籽粒 (zǐlì) grain/seed kernels.
- Concrete; refers to the small seeds of plants (interchangeable with 子 in some words like 瓜子/瓜籽).