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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

1138 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: juvenile, child

Kunyomi: わらべ

Onyomi: ドウ

Composition: 立 里

童

Radical

Radical: 立

Reading: たつ

Meaning: stand, erect

Strokes: 5

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Examples

Examples with audio

童話(どうわ)   fairy-tale

童心(どうしん)   child's mind, naïveté

童顔(どうがん)   baby-faced

童謡(どうよう)   children's song, nursery rhyme

児童(じどう)   children, juveniles

神童(しんどう)   prodigy, wonder child

童(わらべ)   child

童歌(わらべうた)   children's song

Onyomi Examples

童話 (ドウワ) children's story, fairy tale

童謡 (ドウヨウ) children's song, nursery rhyme

天童 (テンドウ) cherub, gods disguised as children, children parading as cherubs

悪童 (アクドウ) bad boy, naughty child, brat

Kunyomi Examples

童 (わらべ) child

わらべ歌 (わらべうた) children's song, nursery song

京童 (きょうわらべ) Kyoto's children, Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext

小童 (こわっぱ) boy, child, youth, brat

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