子

Meanings

1. child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person
2. (one's) child; offspring
3. young woman
4. young (animal)
5. offshoot

Part of speech: noun, noun (suffix)

Kanji

• 子

  Meanings

  child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

  On reading

  シ、ス、ツ

  Kun reading

  こ、-こ、ね

  Strokes

  3

Example sentences

• その子は母親に甘えた。

  The child played the baby to his mother.

  Tatoeba #210178 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• ふふっ・・・その子、人間じゃないの。ロボットなのよ。ア・ン・ド・ロ・イ・ド。

  Ha-ha ... She isn't human. She's a robot; A-n-d-r-o-i-d.

  Tatoeba #75225 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 鯨は哺乳動物である。言い換えれば子に乳を与える。

  A whale is a mammal; in other words it feeds milk to its young.

  Tatoeba #176005 · CC BY 2.0 FR