Question

子 こ、-こ、ね child 5 72 3 39 こ・こへん 象形 Pictographic A child who is ten will still ask for his ma (top looks a bit like katakana ma).

Accepted Answer

シ、ス、ツ い, き, ぎ, く, け, ねっ 子供(こども): child; children子(こ): (1) child (2) young (animal) (3) young woman; young geisha (4) offshoot (5) interest (6) new shares (7) bird egg (8) (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women)女子(じょし): woman; girl男子(だんし): youth; young man様子(ようす): (1) state; state of affairs; situation; circumstances (2) appearance; look; aspect (3) sign; indication息子(むすこ): (1) son (2) penis電子(でんし): (1) electron (2) (esp. as a prefix) electronic; electronics調子(ちょうし): (1) tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm (2) vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack (3) condition; state of health (4) impetus; spur of the moment; strain (5) trend王子(おうじ): prince分子(ぶんし): (1) numerator (2) molecule (3) member; element帽子(ぼうし): hat; cap利子(りし): interest (bank)弟子(でし): pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper子孫(しそん): descendants; posterity; offspring原子(げんし): atom双子(ふたご): twins; a twin椅子(いす): (1) chair; stool (2) post; office; position菓子(かし): pastry; confectionery障子(しょうじ): shoji (paper sliding door)末っ子(すえっこ): youngest child扇子(せんす): folding fan子息(しそく): son迷子(まいご): lost child; stray child; missing childお菓子(おかし): confections; sweets; candy硝子(ガラス): (1) glass; pane (2) vitreous梯子(はしご): (1) ladder (2) stairs (3) going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)判子(はんこ): seal (used for signature)一人子(ひとりご): child; only child捻子(ねじ): (1) screw (2) key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)お子さん(おこさん): (someone else's) child稲子(いなご): (1) rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya) (2) grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae) 1 子: child, seed, child radical (no. 39) 子 3 (none) child A pictograph of a child, with arms outstretched for mother (or perhaps because she is chasing a rat?). Note that this kanji occupies the first space on the Zodiac circle, and is the sign for the rat (such as 2008!).

Kanji	子
Onyomi	シ、ス、ツ
Kunyomi	こ、-こ、ね
Nanori	い, き, ぎ, く, け, ねっ
English	child
Examples	子供(こども): child; children 子(こ): (1) child (2) young (animal) (3) young woman; young geisha (4) offshoot (5) interest (6) new shares (7) bird egg (8) (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women) 女子(じょし): woman; girl 男子(だんし): youth; young man 様子(ようす): (1) state; state of affairs; situation; circumstances (2) appearance; look; aspect (3) sign; indication 息子(むすこ): (1) son (2) penis 電子(でんし): (1) electron (2) (esp. as a prefix) electronic; electronics 調子(ちょうし): (1) tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm (2) vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack (3) condition; state of health (4) impetus; spur of the moment; strain (5) trend 王子(おうじ): prince 分子(ぶんし): (1) numerator (2) molecule (3) member; element 帽子(ぼうし): hat; cap 利子(りし): interest (bank) 弟子(でし): pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper 子孫(しそん): descendants; posterity; offspring 原子(げんし): atom 双子(ふたご): twins; a twin 椅子(いす): (1) chair; stool (2) post; office; position 菓子(かし): pastry; confectionery 障子(しょうじ): shoji (paper sliding door) 末っ子(すえっこ): youngest child 扇子(せんす): folding fan 子息(しそく): son 迷子(まいご): lost child; stray child; missing child お菓子(おかし): confections; sweets; candy 硝子(ガラス): (1) glass; pane (2) vitreous 梯子(はしご): (1) ladder (2) stairs (3) going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping) 判子(はんこ): seal (used for signature) 一人子(ひとりご): child; only child 捻子(ねじ): (1) screw (2) key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.) お子さん(おこさん): (someone else's) child 稲子(いなご): (1) rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya) (2) grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	1
Frequency	72
Components	子: child, seed, child radical (no. 39)
Number of Strokes	3
Kanji Radical	子
Radical Number	39
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	こ・こへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	child
Koohii Story 1	A child who is ten will still ask for his ma (top looks a bit like katakana ma).
Koohii Story 2	A pictograph of a child, with arms outstretched for mother (or perhaps because she is chasing a rat?). Note that this kanji occupies the first space on the Zodiac circle, and is the sign for the rat (such as 2008!).

Child Young 子 Woman Interest State Son Clock