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子 — 3 strokes ／ Radical「子」

道
10Elementary year 1 ／ 3 strokes ／ Radical「子」
On
シ・スし・す · shi · su
Kun
こko
Meaning
child

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Stroke-order animation, origin, compounds and an example in 60 seconds.

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of a baby with open arms.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシしshi子孫しそん女子じょし帽子ぼうし
Onスすsu金子かねこ扇子せんす様子ようす
Kunこko子こ親子おやこ年子としご

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 子どもこども

    child

  • 女子じょし

    girl

More words with this kanji

  • 子犬こいぬ
  • 男子だんし
  • 弟子でし
  • 親子おやこ
  • 子牛こうし
  • 子馬こうま

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

子(こ)どもが あそびます。

The child is playing.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

女子子女woman字charac…学study孔hole孕to con…存to exi…四four糸thread士samura…尸corpse之of
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 子Map of reading シAll maps

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