孩 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ちのみご。幼児。
  2. 幼児が笑うこと。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「子」+音符「亥」。「ちのみご」を意味する漢語{孩}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

baby, infancy

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ガイ
  • カイ
Kun (native)
  • ちのみご
Other languages
  • 拼音hai2
  • 한글hae
  • Hán-ViệtHài

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
宀(うかんむり)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5B69

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰子亥

Words using this kanji

  • 孩児がいじ嬰児。幼子。「孩」は「いとけない」の意。infant, baby

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

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