児
child, newborn babe, young of animals

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ゲイジニ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-こ-っここ

Nanori (名乗り)

る

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:4
Strokes:7
JLPT:2
Frequency:679

Vocabulary

ジ

WordReadingMeaning
遺児イジorphan; child left by the deceased; abandoned child
育児イクジchildcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
園児エンジkindergarten pupil; kindergartener
孤児コジorphan; person without friends
孤児院コジインorphanage

ニ

WordReadingMeaning
小児ショウニyoung child; infant
小児科ショウニカpediatrics
小児病ショウニビョウchildhood diseases
小児科医ショウニカイpaediatrician; pediatrician
小児麻痺ショウニマヒpoliomyelitis; polio; infantile paralysis; cerebral palsy

Other

WordReadingMeaning
蛭児えびすEbisu; god of fishing and commerce
孤児みなしごorphan; person without friends
江戸っ児えどっこ(true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native; Edokko
児こchild; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot; interest; new share; player who is not a dealer; young geisha; young prostitute; bird egg; -er (often of young women)
迷児まいごlost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

旧
ex-, former, old friend, old things, old times
Grade 5JLPT 2
見
chances, hopes, idea, look at, opinion, see, visible
Grade 1JLPT 5
更
again, further, grow late, more and more, night watch, of course, renew, renovate, sit up late
Grade 8JLPT 3
便
chance, convenience, excrement, facility, feces, letter
Grade 4JLPT 3
喝
hoarse, scold
Grade 8JLPT 1
視
inspection, look at, regard as, see
Grade 6JLPT 1
的
adjective ending, bull's eye, mark, object, target
Grade 4JLPT N/A
東
east
Grade 2JLPT 5
昆
descendants, elder brother, insect
Grade 8JLPT 1
免
dismissal, excuse
Grade 8JLPT 1