The kanji 子: meaning, readings and stroke order
子
- Meaning
- child
- On reading
- シ shi、ス su
- Kun reading
- こ ko
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 child, seed
- Level
- Level 1 · grade 1
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- con, trẻ con (tử)
- Japanese
- こども。
- Korean
- 아이 (자)
- Chinese
- 孩子
Readings, words and example sentences
シ shi · on reading
女子
girls (in a team or school)
女子の チームが 一つ 出ます。
One girls' team will take part.
ス su · on reading
様子
how something looks, how it is doing
犬の 様子を 見に 行きます。
I'm going to see how the dog is doing.
こ ko · kun reading
男の子
boy
男の子が 三人 立って います。
Three boys are standing there.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.