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童

juvenile
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingドウ
Kun readingわらべ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. juvenileRtK
  2. child
  1. child's face
  2. childlike face
  3. boyish face
  4. baby face

Popular Usage

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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vase · stand up (立) · computer

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 468

Compound words

児童じどう
children; juvenile
河童かっぱ
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori
童子どうじ
boy; kid; child
学童がくどう
schoolchild; pupil; after-school childcare
神童しんどう
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
童顔どうがん
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
童心どうしん
child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete
童謡どうよう
children's song; nursery rhyme
童話どうわ
children's story; fairy tale
悪童あくどう
bad boy
俊童しゅんどう
precocious child
童唄わらべうた
children's song
童女どうじょ
(young) girl
童貞どうてい
virginity (of a male)
童丱どうかん
child
尸童よりまし
child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
お河童おかっぱ
bobbed hair
河童巻かっぱまき
cucumber sushi wrapped in nori
御河童おかっぱ
bobbed hair
児童画じどうが
pictures drawn by a child
河童の屁かっぱのへ
something easy to do
河童巻きかっぱまき
cucumber sushi wrapped in nori
児童福祉じどうふくし
child welfare
屁の河童へのかっぱ
piece of cake, trivial matter

Additional Examples

彼はこの童話をひとりで書いた。
He wrote this fairy tale by himself.tatoeba
彼は、オペラはもちろんのこと、童謡すら歌えない。
Opera! He cannot even sing children's songs!tatoeba
童心にかえってもう一度やり直しましょう。
I will mentally return to childhood and do it all over again.tatoeba
図書館にはたくさんの児童書がある。
We have a lot of children's books in the library.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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