子
子 — child, sign of the rat, 11pm-1am
- JLPT
- JLPT N5
- Strokes
- 3
- Taught in
- School year 1
- Frequency
- #72 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
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- し shi
- す su
- つ tsu
- し shi
- Kun'yomi
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- こ ko
- -こ -ko
- ね ne
- こ ko
Words that use 子
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.