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稚

稚 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. おさない。大変若い。
  2. 経験が無く、たくみでない。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「穉」の異体字。旁が訛変により「隹」の形となったもの。「穉」については穉#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

immature, young

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チJHS
  • ジ
Kun (native)
  • いとけない
  • おさない
  • おくて
  • おでる
Nanori (used in names)
  • まさ
  • わか
  • わく
  • わっか
Other languages
  • 拼音zhi4
  • 한글chi
  • Hán-ViệtTrĩ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
禾(のぎ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7A1A

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰禾隹

Words using this kanji

  • 稚魚ちぎょ卵から孵ったばかりの魚。fry, juvenile fish, fingerling
  • 稚拙ちせつ幼稚で下手なさま。unskillful, childish, immature, naive
  • 稚ややbaby, child
  • 稚気ちき子供っぽく、無思慮で感情がそのまま外に出る様子。childishness, naivete
  • 稚児ちご乳児。また、６歳以下の幼児。 有髪の少年修行僧。 祭りで着飾った少年少女。infant, child, pageboy, page
  • 稚鰤わらさmiddle-sized Japanese amberjack (species of yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata)
  • 稚鮎ちあゆ鮎の稚魚。young sweetfish, young ayu
  • 稚貝ちがい岩や砂地に定着した幼い小さな貝。shellfish fry
  • 稚いいとけないyoung, innocent, childlike
  • 稚児隼ちごはやぶさnorthern hobby (Falco subbuteo)
  • 稚児蟹チゴガニIlyoplax pusilla (crab species)
  • 稚児車チングルマSieversia pentapetala (yellow and white rose species)
  • 稚児百合チゴユリJapanese fairy bells (Disporum smilacinum)
  • 稚内北星学園大学わっかないほくせいがくえんだいがくWakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-8
Four Corner
2091.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5d8.1
Heisig
962
Nelson
3292