仔
zǐ
#1,570 most
frequent character
(bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
仔 has 亻, person, and 子 zǐ as the sound part. Its first meaning was to carry a heavy burden. Read zǎi, 'small child' or 'son' was borrowed only for the sound, and 'young animal' grew from that. Read zǐ it also means small child, and read zī it means to carry a burden.
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