Moto 童: Juvenile; ChildKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ドウ
- Kun'yomi
- わらべ
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 100 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ドウ)
- 児童じどうchildren; juvenile
- 童話どうわchildren's story; fairy tale
- 童謡どうようchildren's song; nursery rhyme
- 学童がくどうschool child; pupil
- 天童てんどうcherub; gods disguised as children
- 悪童あくどうbad boy; naughty child
- 神童しんどうchild prodigy; infant genius
- 童子どうじboy; kid
- 童心どうしんchild's mind; childlike innocence
- 童画どうがpictures drawn by child; pictures for children
- 童顔どうがんchild's face
- イソップ童話イソップどうわAesop's Fables
- シロウト童貞シロウトどうていman who has never had sex except with sex workers
- 三尺の童子さんじゃくのどうじmere child
- 中童子ちゅうどうしtemple pageboy
- 俊童しゅんどうprecocious child
- 児童ポルノじどうポルノchild pornography
- 児童会じどうかいelementary school student council
- 児童公園じどうこうえんchildren's park; children's playground
- 児童劇じどうげきjuvenile play
- 児童売春じどうばいしゅんchild prostitution
- 児童婚じどうこんchild marriage
- 児童心理学じどうしんりがくchild psychology
- 児童心理学者じどうしんりがくしゃchild psychologist
- 児童性的虐待じどうせいてきぎゃくたいchild sexual abuse; child molestation
- 児童文学じどうぶんがくjuvenile literature
- 児童書じどうしょchildren's book
- 児童画じどうがpictures drawn by a child
- 児童相談所じどうそうだんじょchild consultation center; children's welfare center
- 児童福祉じどうふくしchild welfare
- 児童福祉施設じどうふくししせつchild welfare facility
- 児童福祉法じどうふくしほうChild Welfare Act
- 児童自立支援施設じどうじりつしえんしせつchildren's self-reliance support facility
- 児童虐待じどうぎゃくたいchild abuse
- 児童遊園じどうゆうえんplayground; children's park
- 児童遊園地じどうゆうえんちchildren's playground; amusement park for children
- 児童養護施設じどうようごしせつorphanage; children's home
- 児童館じどうかんchildren's house; child welfare residential facility
- 国連児童基金こくれんじどうききんUnited Nations Children's Fund; UNICEF
- 国際連合児童基金こくさいれんごうじどうききんUnited Nations Children's Fund; UNICEF
- 学童保育がくどうほいくcare of schoolchildren outside of school time
- 学童疎開がくどうそかいevacuation of school children (from major cities to more rural areas, esp. during late World War II)
- 学齢児童がくれいじどうchildren of school age
- 少童しょうどうyoung person; young servant
- 就学児童しゅうがくじどうschool child
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 童わらべchild
- 京童きょうわらべKyoto's children
- 女の童めのわらべgirl
Other readings
- 河童かっぱkappa; mythical water-dwelling creature
- お河童おかっぱbobbed hair
- 京童部きょうわらわべKyoto's children
- 児童手当じどうてあてchild-rearing assistance; support for young parents
- 児童買春じどうかいしゅんchild prostitution
- 児童買春禁止法じどうかいしゅんきんしほうAct on Punishment of Activities Relating to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and the Protection of Children
- 児童鯨こくくじらgray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
- 大童おおわらわworking feverishly; strenuous efforts
- 小さ童ちいさわらわsmall child (esp. a servant child in the Heian-period imperial palace)
- 小童こわっぱboy; child
- 尸童よりましchild or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
- 屁の河童へのかっぱsomething easy to do; cinch
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Kanji that often appear with 童
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