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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
- —女子短大women's junior college
- —女子アナyoung female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows)
- —遺伝子座genetic locus
- —分子進化molecular evolution
- —南蛮辛子chili pepper
- —偽遺伝子pseudogene
- —狗子仏性the Mu koan ("does a dog have Buddha nature?")
- —反中性子antineutron
- —量子化学quantum chemistry
- —量子仮説quantum hypothesis
- —微粒子病pebrine (disease of silkworms)
- —中性微子neutrino
- —小胞子嚢microsporangium
- —胞子嚢群sorus
- —光子魚雷photon torpedo
- —サゴ椰子sago palm (Metroxylon sagu)
- —大王椰子royal palm (esp. Cuban royal palm, Roystonea regia)
- —砂糖椰子sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)
- —生物分子biomolecular
- —十大弟子the ten great disciples (of Buddha)