The Japanese word for child is
子供

Japanese Definition

Translations for child and their definitions

子供
1. n. child

子
1. Usage: , 子 is also an obsolete variant form of the katakana ネ.
2. n. a child
男の子: male child → boy
いい子: good boy; good girl
3. n. (figuratively) a girl, especially a dear or desired one (q-lite, compare use of English m-lite, en, baby), m-lite, en, babe
4. n. (endearing) creature
この子は「ミシシッピアカミミガメ」と言います。 - This little guy is called a "red-eared slider".
この子は噛みます。 - This little fella might bite.
5. n. a smaller or younger version of a bigger object
木の子: tree + child/little one → 茸
竹の子: bamboo + child/little one → 筍
6. n. (hanafuda card games, by extension, board games, gambling) person who is dealt cards
(coordinate terms, ja, 親, tr=oya)
7. prefix. an object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object
子会社: derivative + company → a subsidiary
子犬: derivative + dog → a puppy
8. suffix. (n-g-lite, suffix used in female given names, such as) 智子, , Tomoko, 英子, , Eiko, 秀子, , Hideko, 美奈子, , Minako
9. suffix. (rare) (suffix used in male given names)
10. suffix. an object having a particular state or property (q-lite, sometimes diminutive)
振子: an object that swings → a pendulum
11. suffix. roe (gloss-lite, only when preceded by a fish name, or fish-related prefix)
明太子
飛子
12. affix. a child
13. affix. an honorific for a learned man, such as teacher or master
14. affix. a philosophy branch of Chinese literature, either derived from or outside of the (Hundred Schools of Thought)
15. affix. an object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object
16. affix. an object having a particular state or property (q-lite, sometimes diminutive)
中性子: neutral + small thing → a neutron
椅子: chair + small thing → a chair
17. affix. Usage: * This affix is never used in isolation. It is only used in (glink/ja, on'yomi) compounds.
18. affix. Usage: * In some kanji compounds, , 子 is part of the word but does not carry much meaning in Japanese, as in 椅子. Possibly because of this erosion of meaning, spelling out 子 in some compo
19. affix. Usage: * In some compounds, the shi or su reading becomes voiced as ji or zu due to (glink/ja, rendaku).
20. syllable. (dated until the 19th century) variant katakana syllable