Kanji1 / 3
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)
On readings
シスツ
Kun readings
こ-こね
Words with 子
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —中折帽子felt hat; fedora; trilby
- —ムコ養子son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
- —蓖麻子油castor oil
- —お玉杓子ladle; tadpole; musical note
- —御玉杓子tadpole; musical note
- —調子ものperson who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
- —麦藁帽子straw hat
- —麦稈帽子straw hat
- —格子じまcheck(ed) pattern; plaid
- —非摘出子illegitimate child
- —拍子ぬけanticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
- —御調子者person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
- —辛子漬けvegetables pickled in mustard
- —盛り菓子cakes heaped in a container for a shrine offering
- —煉り菓子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
- —帽子かけhat rack; hat stand; hat peg
- —子子孫孫one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity
- —子宮ガンuterine cancer
- —調子づくto warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated
- —獅子舞いlion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume