児 means “child, infant”

じ · ji

Also: newborn babe, young of animals

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

こ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジ, ニ, ゲイ

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The story

Legs (儿) under a big head: in the older form 兒, the skull is still open at the crown, as a baby's is. 児 is a small child: 育児 is raising one, 児童 are schoolchildren, and 小児科, read しょうにか, is pediatrics.

Used in 育児 (ikuji, childcare), 児童 (jidou, child/pupil), and 小児科 (shounika, pediatrics)

Words with 児

• 育児 (いくじ, ikuji): childcare

More from Names & Introductions

• 齢 age
• 籍 register
• 仲 relationship
• 紹 introduce
• 童 child
• 幼 very young
• 姓 surname
• 介 mediate

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.