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Kanji Detail for 幼 - "young, child, immature"

幼

  • Meaning

    幼 means "young, child, immature."

    1. Young - Infant; innocent; immature.

    2. Child - Young child; infant.

  • Words using 幼

    • 幼児 ようじ Listen young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
    • 幼稚園 ようちえん Listen kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
    • 乳幼児 にゅうようじ Listen babies and preschool children
    • 幼少 ようしょう Listen infancy; childhood; tender age
    • 幼虫 ようちゅう Listen larva; grub; maggot
    • 幼なじみ おさななじみ Listen childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
    • 幼稚 ようち Listen infancy; childish; infantile
    • 幼い おさない Listen very young; little; childish

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    • Verified meaning: young, child, immature
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read わか)

    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 幼

    Surnames 幼(わか)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    infancy; childhood

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    infant, young child; immature

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    young

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    infant, young child; immature

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

    Young. Such as 幼稚, meaning children. Now, shallow knowledge is also called 幼稚, meaning low level like a child.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    yoh(ヨウ) ヨウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    osa.nai(おさな-い) おさな-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    力 (chikara)幺 (itogashira・yo)

  • Related Keywords

    young child immature loving subtle delicate infant adolescent baby fledgling inexperienced innocence innocent juvenile naive tender toddler

Sentences including 幼

  • She had a happy childhood.

  • He was too young to go to school.

  • He is a childhood friend.

  • She is too young to go to school.

  • She is too young to know the truth.

  • Only one little daughter did they have.

  • This game can be played by young children.

  • We're old friends.

  • I took the little girl by the hand.

  • A young child has a small vocabulary.

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