Kanji: 子

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 10 (learned at completion of 1st grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 1st grade in Japan
Radical:	子 Radical name: こへん
Meaning:	Child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 70 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	お菓子(かし)	sweets, candy
N5	男(おとこ)の子(こ)	Boy
N5	女(おんな)の子(こ)	Girl
N5	子供(こども)	Child
N5	帽子(ぼうし)	hat
N4	子(こ)	child
N4	息子(むすこ)	(humble) son
N3	椅子(いす)	chair
N3	王子(おうじ)	prince
N3	菓子(かし)	pastry
N3	女子(じょし)	woman, girl
N3	男子(だんし)	youth, young man
N3	調子(ちょうし)	tune, tone, key
N3	電子(でんし)	electron
N3	双子(ふたご)	twins, a twin
N3	迷子(まいご)	lost (stray) child
N3	様子(ようす)	aspect, state, appearance
N2	子孫(しそん)	descendants, posterity, offspring
N2	障子(しょうじ)	paper sliding door
N2	末(すえ)っ子(こ)	youngest child
N2	扇子(せんす)	folding fan
N2	梯子(はしご)	ladder, stairs
N2	判子(はんこ)	seal (used for signature)
N1	女子(おなご)	woman, girl
N1	原子(げんし)	atom
N1	子息(しそく)	son
N1	梯子(ていし)	ladder, stairs
N1	捻子(ねじ)	screw, helix, spiral
N1	分子(ぶんし)	numerator, molecule
N1	利子(りし)	interest (bank)
none	亥(い)の子(こ)	first day of the i zodiac period (occurs in early November), or festivities that occur on that date