Kanji 子 — "Child"
Here is what 子 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Child" stick.
Also means: Kid
How it is read
し, す, つ
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
こ, -こ, ね
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
Once again — Child the kanji and the component are identical!
- 子 Child
This Child is spreading their arms out. They're like Suneo with the pointy head from Doraemon.
Words that use 子
12 of 37 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 子 こ child
- 子供 こども child
- 息子 むすこ (humble) son
- 女子 じょし woman, girl
- 弟子 でし pupil, disciple, apprentice
- 女の子 おんなのこ girl
- 様子 ようす aspect, state, appearance
- 調子 ちょうし condition, state, tune, tone
- 男子 だんし young man, male
- 男の子 おとこのこ boy
- 息子さん むすこさん son
- 王子 おうじ prince
Want 子 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
