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子

3 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
子
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
こ、 -こ、 ね
On:
シ、 ス、 ツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...), counter for played stones
  • 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
  • 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
  • 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
  • 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
  • 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
  • 車椅子 【クルマイス】 wheelchair
  • 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
  • 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs

Kun reading compounds

  • 子 【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)
  • 子 【こう】 child, interest
  • 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
  • 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3, zi2, zi5
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • chiquillo
  • niño

Portuguese

  • criança

French

  • enfant
  • signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
  • signe du Rat (zodiaque)
  • 23 h à 01 h
  • Nord (0°)
31 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
25 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
56 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1264 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
61 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
38 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
103 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
455 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
96 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6930 Morohashi
3390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 New Nelson (John Haig)
95 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
18 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3547 2001 Kanji
2c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
1740.7 Four corner code
1-27-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b50 Unicode hex code

泣

8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
汁 立
cry, weep, moan
Kun:
な.く
On:
キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1380 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 泣訴 【キュウソ】 imploring with tears in one's eyes
  • 号泣 【ゴウキュウ】 crying loudly, bawling, wailing, lamentation, crying one's eyes out (without making noise), breaking into a flood of tears, crying buckets, weeping
  • 哀泣 【アイキュウ】 crying with sadness

Kun reading compounds

  • 泣く 【なく】 to cry, to shed tears, to weep, to sob, to suffer (from), to be troubled (by), to face hardship, to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.), to do reluctantly, to make sacrifices, to be not worth worth the name, to suffer (of a reputation), to be spoiled, to be put to shame, to lament, to bemoan, to bewail
  • 泣く子と地頭には勝てない 【なくことじとうにはかてない】 you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason, you can't fight City Hall

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi4
Korean:
eub

Spanish

  • llorar
  • gemir
  • cantar (pájaros)

Portuguese

  • choro
  • chorar
  • lamento

French

  • pleurer
  • gémir
479 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
838 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1192 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2532 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1049 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
678 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
590 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1236 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1300 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
252 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1171 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
396 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
253 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
300 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
439 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17309 Morohashi
338 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3104 New Nelson (John Haig)
432 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
463 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
500 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
373 2001 Kanji
3a5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3011.8 Four corner code
1-21-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6ce3 Unicode hex code

爺

13 strokes
Radical:
father 父
Parts:
邦 父 耳
old man, grampa
Kun:
じい、 じじい、 おやじ、 じじ、 ちち
On:
ヤ

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 好々爺 【コウコウヤ】 good-natured old man
  • 老爺 【ロウヤ】 old man

Kun reading compounds

  • 爺 【じじ】 old man, old geezer
  • 爺さん 【じいさん】 grandfather, male senior-citizen
  • 子泣き爺 【こなきじじい】 Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)
  • 狸爺 【たぬきじじい】 cunning old man
  • 爺 【じじ】 old man, old geezer
  • 子泣き爺 【こなきじじい】 Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)
  • 狸爺 【たぬきじじい】 cunning old man
  • 爺 【じじ】 old man, old geezer
  • ジジ臭い 【ジジくさい】 old-mannish

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ye2
Korean:
ya

Spanish

  • anciano
  • viejo
  • abuelo

Portuguese

French

2835 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2656 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
19734 Morohashi
3517 New Nelson (John Haig)
2334 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2423 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2o10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-9 SKIP code
8012.7 Four corner code
1-44-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
723a Unicode hex code