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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
- —没食子酸gallic acid
- —子音動詞consonant stem verb; godan verb
- —三角帽子three-cornered hat; tricorne
- —厚膜胞子chlamydospore (thick-walled spore that can survive harsh conditions)
- —止血鉗子artery forceps; hemostatic forceps
- —電子書籍ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
- —電子郵件(an item of) electronic mail (e-mail); e-mail message
- —女子高校girls' high school
- —障子貼るto clean and repaper shoji in preparation for winter
- —雪山童子young ascetic of the Himalayas; one of the Buddha's past lives
- —もち菓子bean-jam cake; rice-cake sweets
- —草食男子man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
- —金属端子metal terminal
- —南蛮菓子confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized
- —抽筒子痕extractor mark (on a cartridge)
- —結晶格子crystal lattice
- —格子女郎prostitute of the second rank (below the tayū; Edo period)
- —辛子味噌miso mixed with mustard
- —男子高校boys' high school
- —電子写真electrophotography