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子 : Child

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child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac, child (radical 39)

On 'yomi:
シ(shi) ス(su) ツ(tsu)
Kun 'yomi:
こ(ko) -こ(ko) ね(ne)
Nanori:
い(i) き(ki) ぎ(gi) く(ku) け(ke) ねっ(ne)
Strokes:3
Radical:子 (39)
Usage Rating:72
JLPT:N5
old JLPT:4
Grade:1
Unicode:05b50
jis208:27-50
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子 Usage examples

生菓子(なまがし)fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
経帷子(きょうかたびら)white kimono in which dead person is dressed
織り子(おりこ)weaver
構成分子(こうせいぶんし)components
構造遺伝子(こうぞういでんし)structural gene
狸囃子(たぬきばやし)tanuki drumming on their stomachs
流行っ子(はやりっこ)popular person
いい子(よいこ)
好い子(よいこ)
good boy, good girl
腰高障子(こしだかしょうじ)tall-paneled sliding door
紅猿子(ベニマシコ)long-tailed rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)
立太子(りったいし)investiture of the Crown Prince
立太子式(りったいししき)investiture of the Crown Prince
癌遺伝子(がんいでんし)oncogene
白子(しらす)fry of the Japanese anchovy, eel, etc., whitebait
白子鳩(シラコバト)Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto), collared dove
白拍子(しらびょうし)
素拍子(しらびょうし)
tempo in gagaku
雪見障子(ゆきみしょうじ)shoji with glass window behind a sliding bottom half
芸子(げいこ)
藝子(げいこ)
someone accomplished in the arts
風の子(かぜのこ)outdoor creatures
呼び子(よびこ)
呼子(よびこ)
whistle
烏帽子名(えぼしな)adult name
烏帽子貝(えぼしがい)goose barnacle
猫の子一匹居ない(ねこのこいっぴきいない)completely deserted
とらの子(とらのこ)
虎の子(とらのこ)
treasure (as it is said that tigers treasure their young)
獅子吼(ししく)harangue
獅子身中の虫(しししんちゅうのむし)treacherous friend
獅子唐辛子(ししとうがらし)small sweet green pepper
獅子鼻(ししばな)pug nose
獅子頭(シシガシラ)Japanese deer fern (Blechnum nipponicum)
調子付く(ちょうしづく)
調子づく(ちょうしづく)
to warm up to, to become enthusiastic about, to be elated
獅子宮(ししきゅう)Leo (5th zodiacal sign), the Lion
上の子(うえのこ)the older child
売れっ子歌手(うれっこかしゅ)popular singer
菓子折り(かしおり)
菓子折(かしおり)
box of cakes
菓子鉢(かしばち)bowl for confectioneries
菓子盆(かしぼん)cake tray (dish)
鹿の子(かのこ)fawn, dapples
巻子本(かんすぼん)roll, scroll, rolled book
季子(きし)last child
切れの帽子(きれのぼうし)cloth hat
原子物理学の父(げんしぶつりがくのちち)father of atomic physics
神戸っ子(こうべっこ)native of Kobe
子供連れ(こどもづれ)accompanied by children
子供を妊む(こどもをはらむ)to conceive, to become pregnant
子豚(こぶた)piglet
子を宿す(こをやどす)to be pregnant, to be with child