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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
- —利子税tax interest; interest charged on deferred tax payments
- —偏光子polarizer; polarizing prism
- —検光子(light) analyzer
- —制輪子brake shoe
- —五味子five flavor fruit (Schisandra chinensis); magnolia berry; schisandra fruit
- —電子錠electronic lock; electric lock
- —鷲獅子griffon; gryphon
- —夢女子woman who has fantasies involving her favorite characters
- —金襖子kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
- —長子音geminate consonant; geminated consonant
- —格子状grid-shaped; checkered
- —男子寮men's dormitory
- —急調子quick pace; fast tempo; rapid progress
- —韓非子Han Feizi (ancient Chinese text attributed to Han Fei)
- —鏡獅子Kagamijishi
- —甲子園Kōshien (district of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, location of Koshien Stadium)
- —小公子Little Lord Fauntleroy (novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett)
- —仮養子provisional adopted heir (Edo period); temporary adopted heir; heir arranged in case of a mishap while traveling on official duty, if lacking a legitimate heir
- —平調子hirajōshi scale (for koto, shamisen, etc.)
- —圧着端子crimp contact; crimped terminal