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Kanji Detail for 子 - "child, offspring, young, junior, small thing"

  • Meaning

    子 means "child, offspring, young, junior, small thing."

    1. Child - A child born from parents.

    2. Female Name - Used as a female name.

    3. Boy - For usage with "子" for boys and "女" for girls.

    4. Respectful Address - A respectful address for teachers, masters, and people of knowledge and status.

    5. Thinker - A person knowledgeable in scholarship and philosophy, as well as their writings and thoughts.

    6. Seed - A fruit or a biological egg.

    7. Small Thing - A small or fine thing.

    8. Rank - The fourth rank of the five-rank peerage system (公・侯・伯・子・男).

    9. Direction - The first of the twelve directions, representing the north.

    10. Time - The twelfth hour of the night, and the two hours before and after it.

    11. Rat - The first of the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac.

  • Onyomitip
  • Kunyomitip
  • Strokestip
  • Radicaltip

Sentences including

  • 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.

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