Kanji

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 -っこ

Onyomi: ゲイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ひとあし

Meaning: legs

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

童(じどう)   children, juvenile

(えんじ)   kindergarten pupil

(ようじ)   infant, baby, child

(にゅうじ)   infant, suckling baby

(いくじ)   childcare, nursing, upbringing

(たいじ)   embryo

二歳(にさいじ)   two-year-old

制限(さんじせいげん)   birth control

科(しょうにか)   pediatrics

*稚(ちご)   child in a festival procession

Onyomi Examples

child, boy, I, me

ジドウ children, juvenile

新生 シンセイジ newborn baby

イジ orphan, child left by the deceased, abandoned child

Kunyomi Examples

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