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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
- —格子定数lattice constant
- —子宮摘出hysterectomy
- —電子決済electronic payment
- —電子財布e-wallet; electronic wallet
- —電子署名e-signature; electronic signature
- —電子機器electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics
- —王太子妃crown princess
- —才子佳人talented man and a beautiful woman; well-matched pair; wit and beauty
- —父子相伝transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son
- —女子専用for the use of women only
- —一番弟子the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple
- —仮名草子kanazōshi; early Edo-period genre written entirely in kana or in a mixture of kana and kanji, primarily intended for women and children
- —兄弟弟子fellow pupil; fellow apprentice
- —軽薄才子shallow, glib and obsequious person
- —妻子眷属one's wife, children, and other relations; one's whole family
- —才子多病talented people tend to be of delicate constitution; men of genius tend to be of delicate health; whom the gods love die young
- —獅子身中treacherous friend; snake in one's bosom; treacherous insider
- —諸子百家Hundred Schools of Thought (during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period)
- —聖人君子person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
- —破壊分子subversive; subversive element