Kanji1 / 7
児 kanji
newborn babe, child, young of animals
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
ジニゲイ
Kun readings
こ-こ-っこ
Variant forms
兒Words with 児
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —不登校児truant; school dropout; child who refuses to attend school
- —児童労働child labor; child labour
- —児童生徒elementary, junior high, and high school students
- —児童保護childcare; protection of children
- —日本男児Japanese man (esp. with traditional, masculine values); Japanese manhood
- —要配慮児special needs child; child with special needs
- —育児放棄child neglect
- —残留孤児displaced orphans; displaced children; Japanese orphans left behind in China (after WWII); war-displaced Japanese in China
- —未就園児child not enrolled in kindergarten
- —新生児室newborn nursery
- —共同育児shared parenting
- —１号園児short-hour child (aged 3-5; at a certified center for early childhood education and care); preschooler
- —２号園児full-day child (aged 3-5; at a certified center for early childhood education and care); preschooler requiring childcare
- —３号園児full-day child (aged 0-2; at a certified center for early childhood education and care)
- —児童性愛pedophilia; paedophilia
- —私生児出産illegitimate birth
- —児童心理学child psychology
- —人工栄養児bottle-fed child
- —乳児死亡率infant mortality
- —未就学児童preschool child