Hana no Nihongo

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Let’s learn the meaning of kanji 子!

この漢字は子供の『子』です。‍👶🏻 👧🏻

子供 - こども a child, children

女の子 - おんなのこ a girl

男の子 - おとこのこ a boy

子宮 - しきゅう a uterus (lit. “children’s palace“)

e.g. 子供を寝かせてからでないと、安心して眠れない。I can’t sleep peacefully unless I put my child to sleep first.

P.S. Did you know that the same character is used to denote the sign of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac?

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Japanese proverb 諺:

死んだ子の年を数える - しんだこのとしをかぞえる A fruitless endevour.

(lit. Counting a dead child’s years.)

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