1515 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1208 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3938 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1058 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1701 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
933 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1327 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1410 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1369 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
653 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2814 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1449 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1954 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
328 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30890 | Morohashi |
2262 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5031 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
322 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
344 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1292 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1489 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 荘 【ショウ】 manor, villa
- 荘園 【ショウエン】 manor, demesne
- 山荘 【サンソウ】 mountain villa, mountain retreat, mountain cottage
- 山水荘 【サンスイソウ】 The Sansui Inn
- 荘 【ショウ】 manor, villa
- 荘園 【ショウエン】 manor, demesne
- 荘 【チャン】 counter for games of mahjong
- 荘風牌 【チャンフォンパイ】 tile matching the round wind
- 半荘 【ハンチャン】 half-game consisting of an east and south round
- 連チャン 【レンチャン】 repeated events (e.g. meetings, drinking sessions), series of events, streak, straight, dealer continuing as dealer and east after winning, dealer keep
Readings
- Japanese names:
- そ
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- majestuoso
- solemne
- posada
- villa
Portuguese
- palacete
- pousada
- casa de campo
- mansão feudal
French
- villa
- auberge
- maison de campagne
- manoir féodal
1972 | 2001 Kanji |
3k6.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-6 | SKIP code |
4411.4 | Four corner code |
1-33-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8358 | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
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...)
- 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
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 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
- 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 |