子
子 — ja
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 아들 자
- Romanization
- ja
- English
- offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
- Mandarin
- zǐ
- Japanese on'yomi
- シ, ス, ジ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- こ -こ ね
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #72 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 (39, 0 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5B50
Korean example words with 子
- 면자棉子 Korean gloss: 목화의 씨
- 유자幼子 Korean gloss: 어린 자식
- 황자皇子 Korean gloss: 황제의 아들
- 탕자蕩子 Korean gloss: 방탕한 사나이
- 유자柚子 Korean gloss: 유자나무의 열매
- 유자孺子 Korean gloss: 나이 어린 남자
- 은자銀子 Korean gloss: 은으로 만든 돈
- 적자嫡子 Korean gloss: 정실이 낳은 아들
- 친자親子 Korean gloss: 자기가 낳은 자식
- 자복子福 Korean gloss: 자식을 많이 두는 복
- 종자宗子 Korean gloss: 종가(宗家)의 맏아들
- 역자驛子 Korean gloss: 역에서 일을 보던 사람
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 子
- 子こ child; kid; teenager
- 子供こども child; children
- 女子じょし woman; girl
- 男子だんし boy; man; male
- 様子ようす state (of affairs); situation; circumstances
- 原子力げんしりょく atomic energy; nuclear power
- 息子むすこ son; penis
- 電子でんし electron; electronic
- 遺伝子いでんし gene
- 皇太子こうたいし crown prince
- 子会社こがいしゃ subsidiary (company)
- 親子おやこ parent and child
Characters sharing the phonetic 子
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “자” in Korean.
Other hanja read “자”
Other hanja with radical 子
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