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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)
Practice writing
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On readings
シスツ
Kun readings
こ-こね
Words with 子
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —電子版electronic edition; online edition
- —主菓子Japanese sweet eaten with koicha
- —聖天子virtuous emperor
- —日天子Surya (Hindu sun god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism); sun
- —月天子Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism); moon
- —逆格子reciprocal lattice (crystallography)
- —獅子蘭Haplopteris flexuosa (species of shoestring fern)
- —京菓子traditional Kyoto-style confectionery (often used in tea ceremony)
- —産子数litter size; number of offspring
- —量化子quantifier
- —蛇床子Cnidium monnieri fruit
- —大床子bench used by the Emperor
- —毛帽子fur hat; wool hat
- —麩菓子candy made from wheat gluten; wheat-gluten snack
- —菓子店confectioner; confectionery; candy store
- —椰子鳥palmchat (Dulus dominicus)
- —余因子cofactor
- —子実体fruiting body; sporocarp
- —善男子pious man
- —仏弟子Buddhist; disciple of Buddha