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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
- —傘形碍子umbrella insulator
- —獅子奮迅furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious
- —杓子定規strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
- —超連結子hyperlink
- —電気電子electrical and electronic
- —電子回路electronic circuit
- —電子工学electronics; electronic engineering
- —電子辞書(portable) electronic dictionary; pocket electronic dictionary; PED; digital dictionary (application or website); electronic dictionary
- —電子出版electronic publishing
- —電子素子(electronic) element
- —電子密度electron density
- —不穏分子dissidents; troublemakers; disturbing elements
- —分子間力intermolecular forces
- —弁慶格子checked pattern; plaid
- —養子縁組adoption (of a person)
- —利子補給subsidized interest payments; subsidised interest payments
- —論理素子gate; logic element
- —蒸し菓子steamed confection (e.g. manjū, uirō, steamed yōkan); steamed cake
- —上り調子rise; improvement; uptrend
- —格子造りlatticework