Chinese symbol for “children”
子女
zǐ nǚ
children; sons and daughters
The closest CC-CEDICT match for children is 子女 (zǐ nǚ), defined as: children; sons and daughters.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “children”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 儿女 (兒女) | ér nǚ | children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love) |
| 娃儿 (娃兒) | wá ér | children (colloquial) |
| 孩子们 (孩子們) | hái zi men | children |
| 弱小 | ruò xiǎo | small and weak; puny; the small and weak; children; women and children |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 子女.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
| 妻子 | qī zǐ | wife and children |
| 样子 (樣子) | yàng zi | appearance; manner |
| 女人 | nǚ rén | woman |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 女儿 (女兒) | nǚ ér | daughter |
See also: Japanese symbol for “children”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.