孳

industrious / produce / bear

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 / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)

now / here / this / time / year

to multiply / to breed

variant of 孜孜[zi1 zi1]

to multiply (kinds, difficulties) / to reproduce / to derive (compounds)

interest (from an investment, esp. an endowment)