Child

N5 · 3 stroke · 10 kanji

A baby with outstretched arms and a large head — the universal symbol of a child reaching out. Three strokes, instantly recognisable.

A curve at the top — the child's big round head. A vertical stroke — the body. A horizontal stroke crossing the body — the arms stretched wide open. That is a child, arms out, reaching toward everything with curiosity. 子 appears in the most important learning words in Japanese.

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Kanji using this radical
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まな・ぶ · がく
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