子

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Kanji 3.2.1 Readings 3.2.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Han character

子 (radical 39 子+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓木 (ND, four-corner 1740₇, composition ⿻了一))

1. offspring, child, son, daughter
2. fruit, seed of
3. the first sign (rat) of the Chinese zodiac

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 277, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6930
• Dae Jaweon: page 543, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1006, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5B50

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

子 (jyutping zi2, Yale ji2)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

子 (hiragana こ, romaji ko)

1. child

   男の子。

   おとこのこ。

   Otoko no ko。

   A male child.

2. some object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object

   子会社。

   こがいしゃ。

   Kogaisha。

   A subsidiary.

3. an object of such a state or property

   振子。

   ふりこ。

   Furiko。

   a pendulum: an object that swings.

4. roe (only when preceded by a fish, or fish-related prefix)

   明太子

   飛び子

[edit] Kanji

子 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: し (shi), す (su)
• Kun: こ (ko), ね (ne)

[edit] Compounds

• 綿菓子 (わたがし, watagashi) cotton candy
• 子ども (こども, kodomo) a child
• 子供 (こども, kodomo) a child
• お子さん (おこさん, okosan) your/someone's child
• 子犬
• 電子 (でんし, denshi): an electron
• 電子メール (でんしめーる, denshi-mēru): e-mail
• 電子レンジ (でんしれんじ, denshi-renji): microwave oven
• 電子辞書 (でんしじしょ, denshi-jisho): electronic dictionary

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

子
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 자 (revised: ja, McCune-Reischauer: cha)

• Name (hangeul): 아들()

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

子 (pinyin zǐ (zi3), Wade-Giles tzu³)

[edit] Compounds

• 椰子
• 子彈
• 繩子, 绳子 (shéngzi)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

子 (tử)