Word and Radical Components of 笛子

The Chinese word 笛子 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
笛子	dízi	1. n. dizi (transverse flute with buzzing membrane, used in Chinese traditional and classical music, usually made from bamboo)

笛子 ⇨ 笛 + 子

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
笛	dí	1. flute
笛		2. whistle
子	zǐ	1. (literary) child; offspring
		2. son
		獨生子 - dúshēngzǐ - only son
		愛子 - àizǐ - beloved son
		一子一女 - yī zǐ yī nǚ - one son and one daughter
		3. (literary) descendant; posterity
		4. (Christianity) the Son
		5. (in compounds) person
		女子 (nǚzǐ) - female; woman
		6. (literary) master; teacher
		7. (literary) A respectful title for teachers, usually attached after their surnames.
		孔子 (Kǒngzǐ) - Master Kong (Confucius)
		老子 (Lǎozǐ) - Laozi
		8. (literary, polite) you
		9. Alternative form of 籽 (seed); also its second-round simplified form.
		葵花子 (kuíhuāzǐ) - sunflower seed
		10. egg
		魚子 (yúzǐ) - caviar
		11. young; tender; small
		12. Prefix attached to nouns, denoting "a part of", "belonging to" or "individual". sub-
		子目錄 (zǐmùlù) - subdirectory
		13. (astrology) First earthly branch: rat in the Chinese zodiac, 11th solar month, midnight (11:00 pm to 1:00 am)
		14. (historical) viscount (fourth of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy under the Zhou dynasty)
		15. (physics, biology) -on
		16. (Min Nan) grain-like object; particle; granule
		17. (Min Nan, music) rhythm
		18. (Min Nan)
	zi	19. Suffix:
		20. Used to nominalize.
		21. 瓶子zi - píngzi - bottle
		22. 刷子zi - shuāzi - brush
		23. 胖子zi - pàngzi - fat person
		24. (colloquial) Used in some classifiers.
		25. 一下子zi - yīxiàzi - all of a sudden
		26. small, round object
		算盤子jí (sǹg-pôaⁿ-jí) - abacus bead, MN
		27. (Xiamen, Quanzhou)
		28. (Zhangzhou, Taiwan)

笛 ⇨ 竹 + 由

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
竹	zhú	1. bamboo
		竹子zi - bamboo
		2. (musical instrument) musical instrument made of bamboo
		Zhu
由	yóu	1. cause; reason
		緣由 - cause and reason
		2. from
		由北到南 - from north to south
		由廣州出發 - to depart from Guangzhou
		3. by; through; via
		請由側門出入。 - Please enter and exit via the side door.
		4. (done) by
		這件事由我來處理吧。 - Let me handle this matter.
		5. because of; due to
		6. by means of
		由此可見 - thus it can be seen
		本書由三部分組成。 - This book is composed of three parts.
		7. to pass through
		必由之路 - the path that must be taken
		8. to follow; to let one determine
		身不由己 - to be unable to determine for oneself
		由他去吧！ - Let him do as he pleases!
		由jau4-2 佢自己做啦！ - Let him do it by himself!
		9. Variant of 甴

子 ⇨ 了 + 一

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
了	liǎo	1. Variant of 尞
了		2. Variant of 潦
一	一	1. one
		一長一短 - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
		一死一傷 - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
		一高一低 - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
		一天一夜 - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
		一日一夜 - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
		一左一右 - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
		2. each; every
		給他們一人一顆蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
		3. single; alone
		獨自一人 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
		專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
		4. whole; entire; all: throughout
		他們在海灘上玩了一下午。 (Tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xiàwǔ.) - They played the whole afternoon on the beach.
		5. same; identical
		大小不一 - dàxiǎo bùyī - not having the same size
		大細不一 - daai6 sai3 bat1 jat1 - not having the same size, C
		6. (classical) another; alternative
		蟋蟀，一名促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
		7. (formal) certain aforementioned
		「旋律」一詞中的「旋」字 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋) within the word m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋律
		8. With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb:
		9. Indicating that the action has occurred only once
		10. 看一看 - kàn yī kàn - to have a look
		11. 望一望 - mong6 jat1 mong6 - to have a look, C
		12. Indicating the intention to try
		13. 算一算 - suàn yī suàn - to try to calculate it
		14. 計一計 - gai3 jat1 gai3 - to try to calculate it, C
		15. once; as soon as; upon
		一到 OP 就卡。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
		我一拍了照片，她就立即成為眾人矚目的焦點。 (Wǒ yī pāi le zhàopiàn, tā jiù lìjí chéngwèi zhòngrén zhǔmù de jiāodiǎn.) - As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight.
		一見如故 - yījiànrúgù - to hit it off
		一至於此 - yīzhìyúcǐ - How did things ever get so far?
		16. (gay slang) top
		一號 - yīhào - a top
		17. (Cantonese, argot, euphemistic) to die
		18. =====Usage notes=====
	yī	19. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣).
		20. one
		21. each; every
		22. whole; entire; all
	yíeijing dialect	23. (Beijing) one
		24. =====Usage notes=====

由 ⇨ 十 + 囗

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
十	shí	1. ten
		2. (figurative) topmost; utmost
		十分 - very
		十全十美 - perfect
囗		1. enclosure
		2. Variant of 圍
		3. Variant of 國
		4. Simplified form of 口

了 ⇨ 乛 + 亅

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
乛		1.
亅	jué	1. a backward hook