Kanji1 / 3
子 kanji
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
シスツ
Kun readings
こ-こね
Words with 子
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —障子紙shoji paper
- —養嗣子adoptive heir
- —単子論monadism
- —快男子agreeable fellow
- —帽子屋hat shop; hat store; hatter; hatmaker
- —高調子high pitch
- —綿菓子cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
- —綿帽子bride's silk floss headdress; clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.)
- —接合子zygote
- —乱調子confusion
- —子午環meridian circle; transit circle
- —生菓子fresh Japanese sweets (usu. containing red bean paste); fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
- —立太子investiture of the Crown Prince
- —白拍子dancing girl (end of the Heian period); prostitute; tempo in gagaku
- —獅子吼lion's roar; harangue
- —獅子鼻pug nose; snub nose; upturned nose
- —獅子頭lion mask; Japanese deer fern (Blechnum nipponicum)
- —獅子宮Leo (5th zodiacal sign); the Lion
- —菓子鉢bowl for confectioneries
- —菓子盆cake tray (dish)