乳児

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乳	児
にゅう Grade: 6	じ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
乳兒 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にゅうじ [nyúꜜùjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ɨːʑi]

Noun

乳(にゅう)児(じ) • (nyūji) 

1. baby, infant
2. (law) baby, person(s) under one year of age under the Japanese Child Welfare Law (児童福祉法)

Derived terms

• 乳(にゅう)児(じ)院(いん) (nyūjīn, “orphanage”)
• 乳(にゅう)児(じ)保(ほ)育(いく)所(しょ) (nyūjihoikusho, “day nursery”)

See also

• 幼(よう)児(じ) (Yōji)
• 小(しょう)児(に) (Shōni)
• 児(じ)童(どう) (Jidō)
• 初(しょ)生(せい)児(じ) (Shoseiji)
• 新(しん)生(せい)児(じ) (Shinseiji)

References

• “乳児”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026