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Kanji Information Sheet for 子 ( PDF version )
English: child first sign of Chinese zodiac sign of the rat | On-Yomi: シ ス ツ -っ.こ | Kun-Yomi: こ -こ ね い き ぎ く け ねっ |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 子 (こ) – child
Henshall Mnemonic: long-armed child in swaddling clothes
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #72 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #72 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
- お菓子 [おかし]
(n) confections; sweets; candy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 女の子 [おんなのこ]
(n) girl [K] [D] [Jisho] - 子供 [こども]
(n) child; children [K] [D] [Jisho] - 男の子 [おとこのこ]
(n) boy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 椅子 [いす]
(n) chair [K] [D] [Jisho] - 帽子 [ぼうし]
(n) hat [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 様子 [ようす]
(n) aspect; state; appearance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電子 [でんし]
(n) (1) electron; (2) (esp. as a prefix) electronic; electronics [K] [D] [Jisho] - 双子 [ふたご]
(n) twins; a twin [K] [D] [Jisho] - 王子 [おうじ]
(n) prince [K] [D] [Jisho] - 女子 [じょし]
(n) woman; girl [K] [D] [Jisho] - 菓子 [かし]
(n) pastry [K] [D] [Jisho] - 迷子 [まいご]
(n) lost (stray) child [K] [D] [Jisho] - 男子 [だんし]
(n) youth; young man [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調子 [ちょうし]
(n) tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm; vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack; condition; state of health; strain; impetus; spur of the moment; trend [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 弟子 [でし]
(n) pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 障子 [しょうじ]
(n) paper sliding door [K] [D] [Jisho] - 判子 [はんこ]
(n) seal (used for signature) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 梯子 [はしご]
(n) ladder; stairs [K] [D] [Jisho] - 扇子 [せんす]
(n) folding fan [K] [D] [Jisho] - 末っ子 [すえっこ]
(n) youngest child [K] [D] [Jisho] - 子孫 [しそん]
(n) descendants; posterity; offspring [K] [D] [Jisho] - 捻子 [ねじ]
(n) (uk) screw; helix; spiral [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 甲子 [かっし]
first of the sexagenary cycle [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一人っ子 [ひとりっこ]
(n) an only child [K] [D] [Jisho] - 弟子入り [でしいり]
(n) apprenticeship; enrolling [K] [D] [Jisho] - 因子 [いんし]
(n) (math) factor; element [K] [D] [Jisho] - 黒子 [くろこ]
(n) prompter; stagehand; black figures [K] [D] [Jisho] - 父子 [ふし]
(n) father and child (son) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 黒子 [ほくろ]
(n) dark mole; face mole; beauty spot; mite [K] [D] [Jisho] - 捨て子 [すてご]
(n) abandoned child; foundling [K] [D] [Jisho] - 公子 [こうし]
(n) young nobleman [K] [D] [Jisho] - 実子 [じっし]
(n) one's own child [K] [D] [Jisho] - 種子 [しゅし]
(n) seed; pit [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一人息子 [ひとりむすこ]
(n) an only son [K] [D] [Jisho] - ドラ息子 [ドラむすこ]
lazy son; profligate son [K] [D] [Jisho] - 親子 [おやこ]
(n) parent and child [K] [D] [Jisho] - 粒子 [りゅうし]
(n) particle; grain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 原子核 [げんしかく]
(n,adj-no) nucleus (atomic) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 上っ調子 [うわっちょうし]
(adj-na,n) flippant; frivolous; shallow [K] [D] [Jisho] - 茄子 [なす]
(n) eggplant; aubergine [K] [D] [Jisho] - 皇太子 [こうたいし]
(n) crown prince [K] [D] [Jisho] - 皇太子妃 [こうたいしひ]
(n) crown princess [K] [D] [Jisho] - 踊り子 [おどりこ]
(n) dancer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 原子力 [げんしりょく]
(n) atomic energy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 原子炉 [げんしろ]
(n) atomic reactor [K] [D] [Jisho] - 遺伝子 [いでんし]
(adj-na,n) gene; genetic [K] [D] [Jisho] - 妻子 [さいし]
(n) wife and children [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.