Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4
JLPT level: N2
679 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 7
Meaning: newborn babe, child, young of animals
Kunyomi: こ -こ -っこ
Onyomi: ジ ニ ゲイ
Composition: 旧 儿
Radical: 儿
Reading: ひとあし
Meaning: legs
Strokes: 2
児童(じどう) children, juvenile
園児(えんじ) kindergarten pupil
幼児(ようじ) infant, baby, child
乳児(にゅうじ) infant, suckling baby
育児(いくじ) childcare, nursing, upbringing
胎児(たいじ) embryo
二歳児(にさいじ) two-year-old
産児制限(さんじせいげん) birth control
小児科(しょうにか) pediatrics
*稚児(ちご) child in a festival procession
児 (ジ) child, boy, I, me
児童 (ジドウ) children, juvenile
新生児 (シンセイジ) newborn baby
遺児 (イジ) orphan, child left by the deceased, abandoned child
子 (こ) child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.), young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
克鯨 (こくくじら) gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
江戸っ子 (えどっこ) true Tokyoite, Edoite, person born and raised in Edo
駄々っ子 (だだっこ) unmanageable child, spoiled child (spoilt), spoiled brat
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4
JLPT level: N2
679 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 7
Meaning: newborn babe, child, young of animals
Kunyomi: こ -こ -っこ
Onyomi: ジ ニ ゲイ
Composition: 旧 儿
Radical: 儿
Reading: ひとあし
Meaning: legs
Strokes: 2
児童(じどう) children, juvenile
園児(えんじ) kindergarten pupil
幼児(ようじ) infant, baby, child
乳児(にゅうじ) infant, suckling baby
育児(いくじ) childcare, nursing, upbringing
胎児(たいじ) embryo
二歳児(にさいじ) two-year-old
産児制限(さんじせいげん) birth control
小児科(しょうにか) pediatrics
*稚児(ちご) child in a festival procession
児 (ジ) child, boy, I, me
児童 (ジドウ) children, juvenile
新生児 (シンセイジ) newborn baby
遺児 (イジ) orphan, child left by the deceased, abandoned child
子 (こ) child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.), young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
克鯨 (こくくじら) gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
江戸っ子 (えどっこ) true Tokyoite, Edoite, person born and raised in Edo
駄々っ子 (だだっこ) unmanageable child, spoiled child (spoilt), spoiled brat