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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
- —一子相伝transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child
- —一本調子monotone; monotonous; dull; lacking variety
- —因子分析factor analysis
- —価電子帯valence band
- —回折格子diffraction grating
- —危険因子risk factor
- —帰国子女child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
- —巨大分子macromolecule
- —共産分子communist elements
- —共同因子cofactor
- —君子豹変the wise readily adapt themselves to changed circumstances; the wise are quick to acknowledge their mistakes and correct them; the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor
- —原子時代atomic age
- —原子戦争atomic war
- —原子弾頭atomic warhead
- —原子爆弾atomic bomb; A-bomb
- —原子爆発atomic explosion
- —原子兵器atomic weapons
- —原子力学atomic mechanics
- —お伽草子fairy-tale book
- —妻子持ちman with wife and kids