7 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 4th grade
JLPT exam level N2

newborn babe, child, young of animals

Kun'yomi
  • child ②(one's) child ③offshoot ④interest ⑤-er (often of young women)
  • -こ
  • -っこ
On'yomi
  • child ②I
  • ゲイ
Nanori

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

-こ 75.5%
24.0%
0.5%

Character Breakdown

newborn babe, child, young of animals
こ ジ ニ (4th, N2)
old times, old things, old friend
キュウ ふる.い もと (5th, N2)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)

Common Words

orphan ②person without friends
kindergarten pupil
young child ②child over 1 but not yet of school age
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
(festivity) page ②baby ③boys kept by pederasts
Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyūshū)
young man (between 15 and 25 years old)
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References

Unicode hex code 5150
JIS X 0208 1-27-89
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 572
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 355
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2546
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3153
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1617
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2203
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 58
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 62
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 556
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 497
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 782
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 1364
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 697
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1217
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1280
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 801
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 338
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 526
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 482
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1375
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 148
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 58
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4c3.3
Four corner code 2621.0
De Roo Code 1257