(し) (n) (1) child (esp. a boy); (2) (See 子爵) viscount; (3) (hon) master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius); (4) (See 諸子百家) philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings; (5) (arch) you (of one's equals); (n-suf) (6) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...) [EDICT]
(ね) (n) first sign of Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November) [EDICT]
(こ) (n,n-suf) (1) child; (2) (also 仔) young (animal); (3) (also 娘) young woman; young geisha; (4) offshoot; (5) (See 元も子もない) interest; (6) (abbr) (See 子株・2) new shares; (7) (arch) bird egg; (n-suf) (8) (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women); (P) [EDICT]
(み) (n) (1) fruit; nut; (2) seed; (3) (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; (4) content; substance; (P) [EDICT]
(す) (suf) (arch) (hon) honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name [EDICT]
(zǐ, ㄗˇ) 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 [CE-DICT]
