児 Kanji – newborn babe
The Japanese kanji 児 can mean newborn babe, child, young of animals.
Meaning and Readings
How is 児 read?
児 has the onyomi readings ジ, ニ, ゲイ and the kunyomi readings こ, -こ, -っこ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as ji, ni, gei, ko, kko.
Common Japanese Words Using 児
These common Japanese words contain 児. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 加答児（カタル） — catarrh
- 臥児狼徳（グリーンランド） — Greenland
- 遺児（いじ） — orphan, child left by the deceased
- 育児（いくじ） — childcare, child-rearing, nursing, upbringing
- 園児（えんじ） — kindergarten pupil, kindergartener
- 孤児（こじ） — orphan
- 孤児院（こじいん） — orphanage
- 産児制限（さんじせいげん ） — birth control
- 児童（じどう） — children, juvenile
- 女児（じょじ） — girl, baby girl
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