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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
- —種子植物spermatophyte; seed plant
- —非嫡出子illegitimate child
- —拍子抜けanticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
- —拍子記号time signature
- —お調子者person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
- —中性子星neutron star
- —荷電粒子charged particle
- —調子外れdiscord; disharmony; false note; being out of tune
- —浮世草子ukiyo-zōshi; Edo-period genre of literature depicting everyday life of the merchant class
- —素粒子論theory of elementary particles
- —延滞利子interest in arrears
- —山高帽子derby; bowler (hat)
- —女子大生student of a women's college; female university student
- —女子学生female student
- —電子音楽electronic music
- —電子郵便electronic mail service; e-mail service; electronic mail system; e-mail system; letter facsimile service operated by Japan Post
- —電子頭脳electronic brain
- —引き菓子ornamental gift cakes
- —被子植物angiosperm; flowering plant
- —練り菓子kneaded sweet; confection made by combining powdered or granular ingredients (e.g. rice flour, sesame seeds, sugar) with a liquid or sweet bean paste and kneading the resulting mixture