| 雛 |
| 1. n. a type of small doll, typically standing upright in the Heian period, changing style to a seated posture in the Muromachi period | |
| 2. n. short for 雛祭り | |
| 3. n. a chick, a young bird: see the reading hiyoko below | |
| 4. prefix. diminutive prefix, carrying favorable connotations such as a sense of cuteness | |
| 5. n. Usage: This reading with the long ī is archaic. In modern Japanese, the shorter reading hina is more common for this sense. | |
| 6. n. chick, young bird | |
| 7. n. child; youngling, greenhorn | |
| 8. n. a chick, a young bird | |
| 9. n. a child; a youngling, a greenhorn | |
| 10. affix. young, new, a greenhorn | |
| 11. affix. Usage: Only used in compounds. | |
