Meaning of 子 in Japanese

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Definition of 子

こ(ko) 【 子 ·児 】

子児 Kanji Details

  1. (n, n-suf) child
  2. young (animal)
  3. young woman; young geisha
  4. offshoot
  5. interest →Related words: 元も子もない
  6. new shares →Related words: 子株
  7. bird egg
  8. (n-suf) (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women)
ね(ne) 【 子 】

子 Kanji Details

  1. (n) first sign of Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November)
み(mi) 【 実 ·子 】

実子 Kanji Details

  1. (n) fruit; nut
  2. seed
  3. (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.
  4. content; substance
し(shi) 【 子 】

子 Kanji Details

  1. (n) child (esp. a boy)
  2. viscount →Related words: 子爵
  3. master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius)
  4. philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings →Related words: 諸子百家
  5. you (of one's equals)
  6. (n-suf) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)
す(su) 【 主 ·子 】

主子 Kanji Details

  1. (suf) honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name

    その子は母親に甘えた。
    The child played the baby to his mother.

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