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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)
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On readings
シスツ
Kun readings
こ-こね
Words with 子
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —電子戦electronic warfare
- —超分子supramolecular
- —小拍子wooden rods (square, used in a pair) used in Kansai-area rakugo (e.g. to mark scene changes); small clapper
- —野芥子sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus); milk thistle
- —菓子司Japanese confectionery store (orig. one of high standing, supplying the imperial court, etc.); Japanese confectionery maker
- —舌圧子tongue depressor
- —愛玉子Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang (variety of climbing fig)
- —厨子甕decorated pottery container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (Okinawa)
- —藁帽子straw hat
- —腐男子male who likes comics depicting male homosexual love (usually targeted to women)
- —超核子hyperon
- —超原子superatom
- —葭障子reed sliding door
- —女子力power of femininity; woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; girliness (as a positive quality)
- —名調子flowing style (e.g. of narrating a story); eloquence
- —分子雲molecular cloud
- —遮眼子occluder
- —格子柄check pattern; checked pattern; checkered pattern; plaid; lattice design
- —精子数sperm count
- —火格子fire grate; fireplace grate; grate