児
newborn babe, child, young of animals
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
7 / 7
Information
Vocabulary
ジ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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
old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-
Grade 5JLPT 2
見
see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Grade 1JLPT 5
更
grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate, again, more and more, further
Grade 8JLPT 3
便
convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance
Grade 4JLPT 3
喝
hoarse, scold
Grade 8JLPT 1
視
inspection, regard as, see, look at
Grade 6JLPT 1
的
bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Grade 4JLPT N/A
東
east
Grade 2JLPT 5
昆
descendants, elder brother, insect
Grade 8JLPT 1
免
excuse, dismissal
Grade 8JLPT 1