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child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

Components - Individual components of the kanji.
Bushu - Kanji that share the same bushu number.
Jouyou - Same Jouyou grade.
Skip - Same skip codes.
Example - Example sentences.
Usage - Words that use this kanji.
Drawing - How to draw this kanji.
References - References numbers found in an assortment of reference books.

TRANSLATIONS

English	child sign of the rat 11PM-1AM first sign of Chinese zodiac
Romaji	ko
Korean	ja
Mandarin	zi3 zi2 zi5
Reading	シスツこ -こね	shi su tsu ko - ko ne
Nanori (name)	いきぎくけねっ	i ki gi ku ke netsu
Radical name	-	-

DETAILS

Kanji	子
Radical	no
Radical Number	-
Bushu Number	39
Classical Radical #	-
Frequency of use	72
Jouyou grade level	1
Stroke count	3
Hex ID	3B52
Unicode ID	5b50
Four corner code	1740.7
Skip code	4-3-1
Nelson index	-
JIS 0208 code	-
JIS 0212 code	-

COMPONENTS

Strokes	Radical	Rad. #	Romaji	English
3	子	39	ko	child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

SAME BUSHU NUMBER 39

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	学	gaku	study, learning, science
2	孤	ko	orphan, alone
3	孔	ana	cavity, hole, slit, very, great, exceedingly
4	子	ko	child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
5	孜	shi	industriousness

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SAME JOUYOU GRADE 1

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	一	ichi	one
2	右	migi	right
3	雨	ame	rain
4	円	en	circle, yen, round
5	王	ou	king, rule, magnate

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SAME SKIP CODE 4-3-1

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	下	shita	below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
2	干	kan	dry, parch
3	久	kyuu	long time, old story
4	及	kyuu	reach out, exert, exercise, cause
5	弓	yumi	bow, bow (archery, violin)

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Note: Entries from the Tanaka Corpus (Examples) should be taken as extremely loose examples only, not definitive, please read http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/tanakacorpus.html for more information.

#	Kanji	English
1	息子を貴方におまかせする。 musuko wo anata niomakasesuru .	I commit my son to your care.

2	桂子の両親は彼女を説き伏せて彼とのデートを思いとどまらせた。 keiko no ryoushin ha kanojo wo toki fuse te kare tono de^to wo omoi todomaraseta .	Keiko's parents talked her out of dating him.

3	彼らは彼が太陽の御子であると思った。 karera ha kare ga taiyou no miko dearuto omotta .	They thought he was the Son of the Sun. [Bible]

4	パーティーでは、子供たちは皆寝ずに起きていて行儀よく振る舞った。 pa^tei^ deha , kodomo tachiha mina nezu ni oki teite gyougi yoku furumatta .	All the children sat up and behaved themselves at the party.

5	息子は二人とも王位継承権があると主張した。 musuko ha futari tomo ouikeishou ken gaaruto shuchou shita .	Both sons pretended to the throne.

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WORD USAGE

#	Dict	Kanji	Hira/Kata	English
1	Japanese	あいの子 aino ko	あいのこ ainoko	(n) person of mixed parentage (derogatory) crossbreed Eurasian mulatto hybrid

2	Japanese	いい子 ii ko	いいこ iiko	(n) good child

3	Japanese	いい子になる ii ko ninaru	いいこになる iikoninaru	(exp) to make oneself popular without any regard to others to take all the credit to oneself

4	Japanese	いい子ぶる ii ko buru	いいこぶる iikoburu	(v5r) to act the goody-goody to pretend to be nice

5	Japanese	いじめっ子 ijimetsu ko	いじめっこ ijimekko	(n) bully

6	Aviation	子午線 shigosen	しごせん shigosen	meridian

7	Aviation	本初子午線 hon hatsugo uma sen	ほんしょしごせん honshoshigosen	prime meridian

8	Classical	名詞ー子 meishi ^ ko	ーこ ^ ko	shows affection (after animal or people names) (post)

9	Computing	１０進演算子 10 susumu enzanshi	１０しんえんざんし 10 shin'enzanshi	decimal operator

10	Computing	アース端子付きのＡＣコンセント a^su tanshi tsuki no AC konsento	アースたんしづきのエーシーコンセント a^su tanshidukino e^shi^konsento	grounded (or earthed) outlet

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DRAWING

Note There is a problem with the stroke order in some of these kanji, I'm aware of it but have no time to fix it, like all online information it should be taken with a (large) grain of salt. To be clear: the problem is in the image drawing program not the Taka database.

The green dot is the starting point!
Name above the completed radical is the reading
Name below the completed radical is the radical name
If you find an error, please email kanji at mahou.org

The stroke order information has been borrowed from the Taka Kanji Database

REFERENCES

3390	New Japanese-English Character Dictionary
1264	Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary
1281	The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary
2.18	Japanese For Busy People vols I-III
42	The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power
455	Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
40	A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" 3rd ed.
69	Kanji in Context
2125	Kanji Learners Dictionary
61	Essential Kanji
3547	2001 Kanji" (Bojinsha)
31	A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese
18	Tuttle Kanji Cards
2c0.1	The Kanji Dictionary
103	Kanji & Kana book" 2nd ed.
6930, 3.0776	Morohashi Daikanwajiten (index number, volume.page)
25	A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters
56	Gakken Kanji Dictionary
95	Remembering The Kanji
38	Japanese Names

© Ron Schei (Aviation)
© Glenn Rosenthal (Classical)
© The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, Monash University (Computing)
© Public Domain with contributions and updating by the EDICT Project. (Examples)
© The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, Monash University (Japanese)
© The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, Monash University (Kanji)

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