Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1
JLPT level: N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 3
Meaning: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kunyomi: こ -こ ね
Onyomi: シ ス ツ
Radical: 子
Reading: こ
Meaning: child, seed
Strokes: 3
帽子(ぼうし) hat, cap
電子レンジ(でんしレンジ) microwave oven
調子(ちょうし) pitch, mood, condition
菓子屋(かしや) candy shop
遺伝子(いでんし) gene
養子(ようし) adopted child
利子(りし) interest (bank)
椅子(いす) chair
様子(ようす) appearance
子供(こども) child
息子(むすこ) son
迷子(まいご) lost child
子 (シ) child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
子宮 (シキュウ) womb, uterus
中性子 (チュウセイシ) neutron
精子 (セイシ) sperm
主 (ス) honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
恵比寿 (エビス) Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
久留子 (クルス) cross sign
対子 (トイツ) pair, eyes
七対子 (チートイツ) seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
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)
子 (こう) child, interest
根っこ (ねっこ) root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
江戸っ子 (えどっこ) true Tokyoite, Edoite, person born and raised in Edo
子 (ね) the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
子忌み (ねいみ) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
庚子 (かのえね) Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
甲子 (きのえね) Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1
JLPT level: N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 3
Meaning: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kunyomi: こ -こ ね
Onyomi: シ ス ツ
Radical: 子
Reading: こ
Meaning: child, seed
Strokes: 3
帽子(ぼうし) hat, cap
電子レンジ(でんしレンジ) microwave oven
調子(ちょうし) pitch, mood, condition
菓子屋(かしや) candy shop
遺伝子(いでんし) gene
養子(ようし) adopted child
利子(りし) interest (bank)
椅子(いす) chair
様子(ようす) appearance
子供(こども) child
息子(むすこ) son
迷子(まいご) lost child
子 (シ) child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
子宮 (シキュウ) womb, uterus
中性子 (チュウセイシ) neutron
精子 (セイシ) sperm
主 (ス) honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
恵比寿 (エビス) Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
久留子 (クルス) cross sign
対子 (トイツ) pair, eyes
七対子 (チートイツ) seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
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)
子 (こう) child, interest
根っこ (ねっこ) root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
江戸っ子 (えどっこ) true Tokyoite, Edoite, person born and raised in Edo
子 (ね) the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
子忌み (ねいみ) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
庚子 (かのえね) Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
甲子 (きのえね) Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)