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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
- —分母子denominator and numerator
- —準粒子quasiparticle
- —継親子stepparent-stepchild relationship; stepparent and stepchild
- —腰障子shoji screen with a wooden panel in the bottom part
- —聖母子Virgin and Child; Virgin Mary and baby Jesus
- —扇椰子Palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer); doub palm; toddy palm
- —冊子体bound form (of a magazine or book; as opposed to a single sheet, scroll, etc.)
- —冊子本bound book
- —鍋帽子quilted cover placed over a pot or pan to keep its contents hot
- —芥子泥mustard plaster
- —王子様prince
- —微分子particle; atom; molecule; corpuscle
- —挿弾子(cartridge) clip
- —子細にin detail; minutely; closely
- —和辛子Japanese-style mustard
- —子曰くthe Master said ...; Confucius said ...
- —第二子second child
- —子午儀meridian instrument; transit instrument; meridian circle
- —鋸椰子saw palmetto (Serenoa repens)
- —利子割prefectural share of taxes on bank deposit interest