Kanji Detail for 童 - "child, innocent, youth"

童

Jōyō Kanji
Kyōiku Kanji

JLPT N2

ES grade 3

Meaning
童 means "child, innocent, youth."
1. Child - A young person; a juvenile.
2. Innocent - Pure and naive.
3. Servant - An attendant; a helper.
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

do(どう)

toh(とう)
Kunyomi

warabe(わらべ)

warawa(わらわ)
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

立 (tatsu・tatsuhen)
Related Keywords
child youth young juvenile innocent pure naive servant attendant boy girl kid minor childlike youthful simple wonder playful carefree tender