| 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!). |
| RTK Index | 95 |
Tags: jlpt.n5, grade1, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_people_general, kanji_human.activities_zodiac
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Sign hooked 孔 コウ あな のり cavity hole
Previous card: Place head nails directly forehead peak top summit
Up to card list: All in One Kanji Deck (Heisig's RTK Order)