Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

1227 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: infancy, childhood

Kunyomi: おさな.い

Onyomi: ヨウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: いとがしら

Meaning: short, tiny

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

児(ようじ)   infant, baby, child

女(ようじょ)   little girl

虫(ようちゅう)   larva, chrysalis

少(ようしょう)   infancy, childhood, tender age

年期(ようねんき)   childhood

稚園(ようちえん)   kindergarten

稚な(ようちな)   childish, infantile

い(おさない)   very young, childish

子(おさなご)   infant, baby, little child

心(おさなごころ)   child's mind, child's heart

なじみ(おさななじみ)   childhood friend

Onyomi Examples

ヨウ infancy, childhood, infant, child

ヨウショウ infancy, childhood, tender age

チョウヨウ young and old

ロウヨウ old and young

Kunyomi Examples

おさない very young, little, childish, immature

い頃 おさないころ when one was a very young child, very early in one's life