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Kanji Detail for 童 - "child"

童

  • Meaning

    童 means "child." Also associated with servant, innocent.

    1. Child - A young person; a juvenile.

    2. Innocent - Pure and naive.

    3. Servant - An attendant; a helper.

  • Words using 童

    • 児童 じどう Listen children; juvenile
    • 童話 どうわ Listen children's story; fairy tale
    • 童謡 どうよう Listen children's song; nursery rhyme
    • 学童 がくどう Listen schoolchild; pupil; after-school childcare

  • Tattoo check: 童

    • Verified meaning: child
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read どう, わか, わらべ)
    • Also carries these associations: servant, innocent

    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 童

    Given names 童(わらべ)Listen

    Surnames 童(どう)Listen 童(わか)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    juvenile; child

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    child, boy, servant boy; virgin

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Tong

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    child, boy; servant boy; virgin

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

    Term for one not yet an adult. Anciently those over fifteen were called 成童 (youth approaching adulthood). | Seen in (Commentary to Record of Rites). | Cattle and sheep without horns. Mountains without grass or trees. All are called 童. | When old and bald on top is called 童. Bald head and gapped teeth. Seen in (Han Yu's writings). The 僮 of servant. Anciently written as 童. Meaning a man who committed crimes and became a slave.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    doh(ドウ) ドウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    warabe(わらべ) わらべ

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    立 (tatsu・tatsuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    child innocent servant bald barren juvenile young adolescent attendant baby carefree helper inexperienced junior kid minor naive offspring playful pure toddler youth

Sentences including 童

  • They are both school children.

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

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

  • Every child took to the new teacher.

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