稚
稚 — Immature
immature, young
On’yomiチ (chi)
On’yomiジ (ji)
Kun’yomiいとけない (itokenai)
Kun’yomiおさない (osanai)
Kun’yomiおくて (okute)
Kun’yomiおでる (oderu)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 稚
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幼稚園 | ようちえん youchien | kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool |
| 稚魚 | ちぎょ chigyo | fry; juvenile fish; fingerling |
| 幼稚 | ようち youchi | infancy; childish; infantile |
| 稚拙 | ちせつ chisetsu | unskillful; childish; immature |
Study notes
稚 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1560 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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