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幼

5 strokes
Radical:
short, tiny 幺
Parts:
力 幺
infancy, childhood
Kun:
おさな.い
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1227 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 幼 【ヨウ】 infancy, childhood, infant, child
  • 幼少 【ヨウショウ】 infancy, childhood, tender age
  • 長幼 【チョウヨウ】 young and old
  • 老幼 【ロウヨウ】 old and young

Kun reading compounds

  • 幼い 【おさない】 very young, little, childish, immature
  • 幼い頃 【おさないころ】 when one was a very young child, very early in one's life

Readings

Japanese names:
うぶ、 わか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you4
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • infancia
  • niñez
  • infantil
  • aniñado
  • inocente

Portuguese

  • infância

French

  • enfance
  • tendre enfance
996 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
985 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1099 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1495 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1334 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
505 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
428 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1229 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1293 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1099 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
578 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
222 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
140 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
168 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1390 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9193 Morohashi
191 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1599 New Nelson (John Haig)
1378 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1478 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
838 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2745 2001 Kanji
2g3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
2472.7 Four corner code
1-45-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e7c Unicode hex code

稚

13 strokes
Radical:
grain 禾
Parts:
禾 隹
Variants:
穉 稺
immature, young
Kun:
いとけない、 おさない、 おくて、 おでる
On:
チ、 ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1560 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 稚魚 【チギョ】 fry, juvenile fish, fingerling
  • 稚拙 【チセツ】 unskillful, childish, immature, naive, artless, clumsy, crude
  • 丁稚 【デッチ】 apprentice, shop boy

Kun reading compounds

  • 幼い 【おさない】 very young, little, childish, immature
  • 幼い 【おさない】 very young, little, childish, immature

Readings

Japanese names:
まさ、 わか、 わく、 わっか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
chi

Spanish

  • inmaduro
  • joven
  • niñez

Portuguese

  • jovem
  • imaturo

French

  • immature
  • jeunesse
1576 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1368 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3292 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1513 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1587 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1914 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1230 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1294 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1100 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1440 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1543 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
814 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1114 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
905 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25120 Morohashi
1206 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4154 New Nelson (John Haig)
896 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
962 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1655 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2275 2001 Kanji
5d8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-8 SKIP code
2091.4 Four corner code
1-35-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a1a Unicode hex code

園

13 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
口 囗 土 衣
Variants:
薗
park, garden, yard, farm
Kun:
その
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
628 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 園 【エン】 garden, orchard, park, plantation, kindergarten, nursery school, preschool
  • 園芸 【エンゲイ】 horticulture, gardening
  • 入園 【ニュウエン】 enrollment in kindergarten, enrollment in nursery school, entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.
  • 霊園 【レイエン】 (garden) cemetery, park-style cemetery, memorial park

Kun reading compounds

  • 園 【その】 garden, orchard, park, place, world, environment
  • 園生 【えんせい】 garden (esp. with trees), park
  • 竹の園 【たけのその】 bamboo garden, Imperial family
  • 女の園 【おんなのその】 woman's world, feminine environment

Readings

Japanese names:
おん、 ぞの
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • parque
  • jardín
  • academia

Portuguese

  • parque
  • jardim
  • quintal
  • fazenda

French

  • parc
  • jardin
  • ferme
159 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
84 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
234 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
412 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1047 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
327 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
425 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2046 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
447 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
454 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
324 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
346 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3914 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2017 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2722 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
592 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4818 Morohashi
3156 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
962 New Nelson (John Haig)
585 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
629 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
223 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1465 2001 Kanji
3s10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-10 SKIP code
6073.2 Four corner code
6023.2 Four corner code
1-17-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5712 Unicode hex code

児

7 strokes
Radical:
legs 儿
Parts:
｜ 儿 日
Variants:
兒
newborn babe, child, young of animals
Kun:
こ、 -こ、 -っこ
On:
ジ、 ニ、 ゲイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
679 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 児 【ジ】 child, boy, I, me
  • 児童 【ジドウ】 children, juvenile
  • 新生児 【シンセイジ】 newborn baby
  • 遺児 【イジ】 orphan, child left by the deceased, abandoned child

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)
  • 【コククジラ】 gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), grey whale
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 駄々っ子 【だだっこ】 unmanageable child, spoiled child (spoilt), spoiled brat

Readings

Japanese names:
る
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
er2
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • recién nacido
  • chiquillo
  • cría

Portuguese

  • recém-nascido
  • criança
  • filhote

French

  • nouveau-né
  • enfant
  • petit d'animal
801 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
526 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
697 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
556 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
572 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
782 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
338 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
497 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1217 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1280 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1375 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
148 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3153 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1617 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2203 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
58 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1364 Morohashi
2546 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
355 New Nelson (John Haig)
58 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
62 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
482 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1257 2001 Kanji
4c3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
1-2-5 SKIP code
1-1-6 SKIP code
2621.0 Four corner code
1-27-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5150 Unicode hex code