児 — newborn babe, child, young of animals

こ児 newborn babe

U+5150 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. JLPT 2 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test level. N5 is beginner, N1 is the most advanced. This kanji appears at the 2 level. Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes 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

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

鹿(か) 児(ご) 島(しま) kagoshima Kagoshima

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

児(じ) 童(どう) jidou children 育(いく) 児(じ) ikuji childcare 児(じ) ji child 幼(よう) 児(じ) youji infant

Stroke order

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