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Kanji for Child
The kanji for “child” is 子, read shi and written in 3 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
child
A child; in older Japanese names it was the classic ending for girls, as in Hanako.
3 strokes On reading シ、ス、ツ (shi, su, tsu) Kun reading こ、ね (ko, ne) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ko, ne
In Japan it appears in about 17,874 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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