Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 子涵, 梓涵, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /t͡sɹ̩.xan/ Meaning & History From Chinese 子 (zǐ) meaning "child" or 梓 (zǐ) meaning "catalpa tree" combined with 涵 (hán) meaning "contain, include". Other character combinations are possible.