稚 means “young, immature”

ち · chi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

いとけない, おさない, おくて, おでる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チ, ジ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

A rice plant (禾) beside a short-tailed bird (隹): picture a fledgling hopping among young seedlings. 稚 is young and not yet grown: 幼稚園 is kindergarten, 幼稚 is childish, and 稚魚 are fish just hatched.

Used in 幼稚園 (youchien, kindergarten), 幼稚 (youchi, childish), and 稚魚 (chigyo, young fish/fry)

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• 氏 family name
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