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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
- —骨子Popularmain point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
- —妻子Popularwife and children; wife
- —冊子Popularbook; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
- —子宮Popularwomb; uterus
- —子女Popularsons and daughters; children; girl
- —子弟Popularchildren; sons; children and younger brothers; young people
- —獅子Popularlion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
- —種子Popularseed; pit
- —精子Popularsperm; spermatozoon
- —素子Popularelement (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
- —嫡子Popularheir; legitimate child
- —銚子Popular(sake) decanter
- —父子Popularfather and child; father and son; father and daughter
- —母子Popularmother and child
- —胞子Popularspore
- —陽子Popularproton
- —養子Popularadopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
- —卵子Popularovum; ovule; egg cell
- —粒子Popularparticle; grain
- —老子PopularLaozi; Lao Tzu; Lao Tse