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Kanji Grade 1 - 子

Kanji character Grade 1 子. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 1 - 子
 
About
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun: こ、 -こ、 ね
On: シ、 ス、 ツ
3 strokes
Radical: child, seed 子
Parts: 子
 
Onyomi
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
金子 【キンス】 money, funds
対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
 
Kunyomi
子 【こ】 child, young (animal), young woman, young geisha, offshoot, interest, new shares, player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.), bird egg, -er (often of young women)
子 【こう】 child, interest
江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 true Tokyoite, Edoite, person born and raised in Edo
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 year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)