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Kanji Detail for 子 - "child, offspring, young"

子

  • Meaning

    子 means "child, offspring, young."

    1. Child - A son or daughter; offspring.

    2. Boy - A male child.

    3. Honorific - A respectful title for scholars or men.

    4. Master - A teacher; a learned person.

    5. Philosopher - A thinker; their writings.

    6. Seed - Fruit; egg; offspring.

    7. Small - Tiny; diminutive.

    8. Viscount - Fourth of five noble ranks.

    9. Rat - First zodiac sign; midnight; north.

    10. Suffix - Used in women's names.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The first of the twelve earthly branches. From 11 PM to 1 AM is the 子 hour. | Heir. Anciently, children of either sex were called 子. Now colloquially, sons are called 子; daughters are called 女. | An honorific for men. Anciently, all those with virtue, rank, or learning were called 子. Such as Confucius, Mencius, Meng Yizi, Ji Wenzi, Laozi, Zhuangzi. Their writings forming a school of thought are called 子書. Such as the Four Treasuries being divided into Classics, History, Masters, and Collections. Also, descendants calling their ancestors 先子. Husband and wife calling each other 外子, 內子. All honorifics. | Ordinary people are also called 子. Such as scholars called 士子; boatmen called 舟子. Addressing others as 吾子, like 爾 or 汝. | In the old system, the fourth of the five noble ranks was called 子. | Seeds of animals and plants are all called 子. Such as 魚子 (fish roe), 蠶子 (silkworm eggs), 桃子 (peach), 李子 (plum). | The counterpart of 母. Such as 分母 (denominator), 分子 (numerator), like the divisor and dividend in division. Also, capital is called 母財; interest generated is called 子金. | A particle. Such as 摺子, 簿子. Colloquially used for concrete objects.
  • Onyomitip

    shi(し) し

    su(す) す

  • Kunyomitip

    ko(ころも) ころも

    mi(み) み

    ne(ね) ね

    otoko(おとこ) おとこ

  • Strokestip

    3 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    子 (ko・kohen・kodomo・kodomohen)

  • Related Keywords
    child son daughter offspring seed young kid baby infant juvenile youth descendant heir posterity progeny birth small tiny master philosopher

Sentences including 子

  • The child is father of the man.

  • I'm the youngest in the family.

  • How have you been getting on?

  • The dog frightened the children away.

  • I made my son a doctor.

  • The girl in a blue coat is my daughter.

  • The boy fanned himself with his hat.

  • He has a son whose name is john.

  • I remembered that boys will be boys.

  • He launched his son in the world.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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