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稚

Immature
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingチ
Kun readingおさな.い
JōyōGrade 8Level 28
  1. youth
  2. child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing)
  3. young
  4. new

Radicals and components

Radical禾grain
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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wheat (禾) · cereal (禾) · turkey

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 962

Compound words

稚魚ちぎょ
fry; juvenile fish; fingerling
稚拙ちせつ
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless
幼稚ようち
infancy; childish; infantile; immature; primitive
幼稚園ようちえん
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
稚鮎ちあゆ
young sweetfish
稚気ちき
childishness
稚子みずこ
aborted fetus (foetus)
稚児ちご
infant
稚鰤わらさ
middle-sized Japanese amberjack (species of yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata)
丁稚でっち
apprentice
稚アユちあゆ
young sweetfish
稚海藻わかめ
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
稚児隼ちごはやぶさ
northern hobby (Falco subbuteo)
丁稚奉公でっちぼうこう
apprenticeship

Additional Examples

それにしても、幼稚園というところは、季節の行事にとても敏感です。
Even so, kindergartens are sensitive to seasonal events.tatoeba
幼稚園児たちは手をつないで公園の中を歩いていた。
The kindergarten children were walking hand in hand in the park.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Young, immature. 禾 (grain) + 隹 (a chick) — young grain not yet ripe. 幼稚園 — kindergarten.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 稚

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