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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
- —猫も杓子もevery Tom, Dick and Harry; any one or thing; even a cat and a ladle
- —遺伝子研究genetic research
- —秋の野芥子Indian lettuce (Lactuca indica)
- —梁上の君子thief; mouse
- —女子挺身隊women's volunteer corps; groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII
- —電子掲示板bulletin board system; BBS
- —実質利子率real rate of interest
- —名目利子率nominal rate of interest
- —ゲージ粒子gauge boson
- —ミュー粒子muon
- —場の量子論quantum field theory
- —原子核分裂nuclear fission
- —対立遺伝子allele
- —重複遺伝子duplicated gene
- —調節遺伝子regulator gene; regulatory gene
- —致死遺伝子lethal allele; lethal gene
- —制御遺伝子control gene; regulator gene; regulatory gene
- —核外遺伝子plasmagene
- —本初子午線prime meridian
- —電子透かしdigital watermark; digital watermarking; electronic watermark