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Kanji Detail for 児 - "child, young man"

児

  • Meaning

    児 means "child, young man." Also associated with son.

    1. Child - A young person; an infant.

    2. Son - A male child.

    3. Youth - A young person.

  • Words using 児

    • 児童 じどう Listen children; juvenile
    • 育児 いくじ Listen childcare; child-rearing; nursing
    • 幼児 ようじ Listen young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
    • 小児 しょうに Listen young child; infant
    • 女児 じょじ Listen girl; baby girl; schoolgirl
    • 男児 だんじ Listen boy; son; man
    • 遺児 いじ Listen orphan; child left by the deceased; abandoned child
    • 乳児 にゅうじ Listen infant (below 1 year old); suckling baby

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    • Verified meaning: child, young man
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read こさき)
    • Also carries these associations: son

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 児

    Surnames 児(こさき)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    newborn babe; child; young of animals

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    son, child, oneself; final part

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 兒|儿[er2]

  • Onyomi

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    gei(ゲイ) ゲイ

    ji(ジ) ジ

    ni(ニ) ニ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kko(っこ) っこ

    ko(こ) こ

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    儿 (ninnyo・hitoashi)

  • Related Keywords

    child son young man baby infant juvenile kid minor offspring toddler youth descendant

Sentences including 児

  • They call us problem children.

  • Every child in the school took to the new teacher.

  • It is said that she looked after the orphan.

  • We have a lot of children's books in the library.

  • You are a troublemaker.

  • Every child took to the new teacher.

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