児 — newborn babe, child, young of animals

じ児 newborn babe

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes

U+5150 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #679 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #62 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

newborn babe
child
young of animals

word

し・じ shi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

児(じ) ji child 児(じ) 童(どう) jidou children 育(いく) 児(じ) ikuji childcare 女(じょ) 児(じ) joji girl 男(だん) 児(じ) danji boy 幼(よう) 児(じ) youji infant 乳(にゅう) 幼(よう) 児(じ) nyuuyouji infant 孤(こ) 児(じ) koji orphan

に ni On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

小(しょう) 児(に) shouni child 小(しょう) 児(に) 科(か) shounika pediatrics

こ・ご ko Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

鹿(か) 児(ご) 島(しま) kagoshima Kagoshima

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Components

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きゅう旧 old times

儿 human legs

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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児 — newborn babe, child, young of animals

Meanings

word

し・じ shi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

に ni On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

こ・ご ko Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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児 — newborn babe, child, young of animals

Meanings

word

し ・じ shi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

に ni On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

こ ・ご ko Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

し・じ shi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

こ・ご ko Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).