The Japanese Radical: 子


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Meaning
child    子

Explanation The radical ko shows the image of a child with a large head and outstretched arms.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 5Joyo 1
learn, study, scholarship
manabu, GAKU
From top: light, rays , cover (Here: crown ), child (Image of a child with an oversized head 乛, a body 丿 and two outstretched arms )
It's the crown over the child when it is busy in learning.  
JLPT 5Joyo 1
child, infant
ko, SHI, SU

Image of a child with an oversized head 乛, a body 丿 and two outstretched arms seeking help.  
JLPT 4Joyo 1
letter, character, writing
JI
Top: roof , bottom: child (Image of a child with an oversized head 乛, a body 丿 and two outstretched arms seeking help)
Under the roof a child is sitting to study the letters / characters.  
JLPT 4Joyo 2
teach
oshieru, KYŌ
Left: filial duty (An old man with a stick/cane teaches them to a child .), right: strike (hand with a stick )
The old man strikes the child with a stick in the hand when teaching.  
JLPT 3Joyo 3
play, amuse, relax
asobu, YŪ, YU
From left: Movement , direction , lying person and a child
In (various) directions you can lie and be a child when moving, while: playing!  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
season, young
KI
Top: rice plant , bottom: child (Image of a child with an oversized head 乛, a body 丿 and two outstretched arms seeking help)
Rice plants and children develop with the seasons.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
grandchild
mago, SON
Left: child , right: lineage, system (A stroke as the thread for the lineage.)
The child that is connected by the special [= accent as emphasis] thread of lineage is my grandchild.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
thick, heavy, goodness
atsui,
From top: cliff , sun , child
Under the cliff in the sun there is a child that is fat and heavy.  
JLPT 4Joyo 4
like, good, love
suku, konomu/mashi,
Left: woman , right: child
Women and children is what I like.  
JLPT 1Joyo 6
filial duty/piety (respect of child for parents)

Top: old man , below: child (an old man strikes with a stick a child )
Towards an old man, a child has: filial duties.  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
knowledge, existence, suppose, thinking
SON, ZON
Left: var. of talent, years of age (If the big man balances on one foot, he is talented), right: child
A talented child has knowledge (and exists).  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
breast, milk
chichi, chi, NYŪ
Left: nourish 孚 (a hand reaches down to a child ), right: kneeling person
To reach down to the child, when you are kneeling: You give breast and milk.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
enclosure, fortification, quarters, outline
KAKU
Left: to receive, enjoy (The tall child has received and is pleased.), right: village
It is enjoyable for a village, if it has an: enclosure.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
receive, take, have, pleased
KYŌ
Top: var. of high/tall , below: child
The tall child received sth. and is pleased.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
alone, lonely, orphan
KO
Left: child , right: melon (image of a melon hanging from a frame.)
The child and the single hanging melon are lonely.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
hole, cavity, lack, Confucius
ana,
Left: child , right: kneel
A child is kneeling in front of the hole Confucius used to live in.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
fermentation, yeast

Left: wine jar , tight: filial duty (An old man with a stick/cane teaches them to a child )
In the wine jar, with filial duty, yeast is set into fermentation.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
float, fleet, surface
uku/kabu/kaberu/kareru, FU
Left: water , right: nourish 孚 (hand reaching down to a child )
Into the water a hand is reaching down for a child that is floating.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
fierce, raging, heavy, furious

Left: wild animal (dog on hind legs), right: child (=together: dog's baby/puppy), plate
A dog's puppy on a plate? Here sb. is fierce.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
complete, finish, understanding
RYŌ
A child , but without arms
A child without arms? I understand: It has to be completed!  
JLPT -Joyo 7
modest, humble
SON
From left: movement , child , system, lineage (A stroke as the thread of the lineage.)
With this movement you make yourself a child and systematically show your modesty.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
rise, occur suddenly, agile
BOTSU
Left: combination of ten and: letter, writing 字, right: strength
Ten letters describing his strength appear suddenly.  

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