Moto 児: Newborn Babe; Child; Young Of AnimalsKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ジ、ニ、ゲイ
- Kun'yomi
- こ、-こ、-っこ
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 268 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ジ・ニ・ゲイ)
- 児童じどうchildren; juvenile
- 育児いくじchildcare; child-rearing
- 孤児こじorphan
- 幼児ようじyoung child; toddler
- 小児しょうにyoung child; infant
- 女児じょじbaby girl; primary schoolgirl
- 胎児たいじfetus; foetus
- 男児だんじboy; son
- 遺児いじorphan; child left by the deceased
- 乳児にゅうじinfant (below 1 year old); suckling baby
- 乳幼児にゅうようじinfants; babies and very young children
- 園児えんじkindergarten pupil; kindergartener
- 小児科しょうにかpediatrics
- 新生児しんせいじnewborn baby
- 孤児院こじいんorphanage
- 未熟児みじゅくじpremature baby
- 小児病しょうにびょうchildhood diseases
- 一卵性双生児いちらんせいそうせいじidentical twins
- 双生児そうせいじtwins
- 問題児もんだいじproblem child
- 混血児こんけつじchild of mixed parentage; mixed-race child
- 産児制限さんじせいげんbirth control
- 私生児しせいじillegitimate child; bastard
- 肢体不自由児したいふじゆうじphysically handicapped child
- 託児所たくじしょcreche; day nursery
- シャム双生児シャムそうせいじSiamese twins
- ゼロ歳児ゼロさいじchild under a year old
- ワンオペ育児ワンオペいくじsolo childrearing and housework (despite being married)
- 不登校児ふとうこうじtruant; school dropout
- 中国残留孤児ちゅうごくざんりゅうこじJapanese orphans left behind in China (after WWII); war-displaced Japanese in China
- 九州男児きゅうしゅうだんじstrapping Kyushu lad; virile son of Kyushu
- 乳児期にゅうじきinfancy; babyhood
- 乳児死亡率にゅうじしぼうりつinfant mortality
- 乳児湿疹にゅうじしっしんinfantile eczema; baby eczema
- 乳児脚気にゅうじかっけinfantile beriberi
- 乳児院にゅうじいんnursery
- 乳幼児突然死症候群にゅうようじとつぜんししょうこうぐんsudden infant death syndrome; SIDS
- 乳臭児にゅうしゅうじgreenhorn; fledgling
- 二卵性双生児にらんせいそうせいじfraternal twins
- 亡児ぼうじone's dead child
- 交通遺児こうつういじchild orphaned from a traffic accident
- 人工栄養児じんこうえいようじbottle-fed child
- 仮性小児コレラかせいしょうにコレラinfantile pseudocholera
- 低緊張乳児ていきんちょうにゅうじfloppy infant
- 低能児ていのうじfeeble-minded child; poor scholar
- 低脳児ていのうじfeeble-minded child; poor scholar
- 保育園児ほいくえんじnursery school pupil
- 健児けんじstalwart youth
- 健常児けんじょうじhealthy baby; normal child
- 健康児けんこうじhealthy child
- 優良児ゆうりょうじsuperior child
Words that use a kun'yomi
- さぶる児さぶるこprostitute and entertainer
- だだっ児だだっこunmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt)
- 乳呑み児ちのみごsuckling child; babe in arms
- 乳飲み児ちのみごsuckling child; babe in arms
Other readings
- 乞児ほいとうbeing served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple)
- 乳呑児ちのみごsuckling child; babe in arms
- 乳飲児ちのみごsuckling child; babe in arms
- 乾児こぶんhenchman; follower
- 兎児尾苗るりとらのおbeach speedwell; Veronica Longifolia
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