子 — child, offspring
こ
子
child
こ
U+5B50
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #72
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #95
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #39
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Meanings
- child
- offspring
Readings
- On'yomi
- し shi す su つ tsu
- Kun'yomi
- こ ko ね ne
word
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).
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).
す su On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
ざ za
Words by frequency and grade
112 wordsEach dot is a word containing 子: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 48 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
聖人君子
四字熟語
holy person, mister child
みにくいアヒルの子
慣用句
the ugly duck's child
元も子もない
慣用句
neither the principal nor the interest remains
蛙の子は蛙
諺
A frog's child is a frog
六十の三つ子
諺
sixty years old, a child of three
子で子にならぬほととぎす
諺
a cuckoo: a child, yet becomes no child
子で子にならぬほととぎす
諺
a cuckoo: a child, yet becomes no child
Components
Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.