3 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 1st grade
JLPT exam level N5
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun'yomi
こ child ②(one's) child ③offshoot ④interest ⑤-er (often of young women) -こ ね the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac) ②hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am) ③north ④eleventh month of the lunar calendar
On'yomi
シ child (esp. a boy) ②viscount ③you ④-er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...) ス honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name ツ
Nanori
い き ぎ く け ねっ
Character Breakdown
References
| Unicode hex code | 5B50 |
| JIS X 0208 | 1-27-50 |
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 1264 |
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 1281 |
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 3390 |
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 4196 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 2125 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 2872 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 95 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 99 |
| Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 56 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names | 38 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji | 61 |
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 6930 |
| Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters | 25 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 103 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 103 |
| Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese | 31 |
| Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 43 |
| Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. | 40 |
| Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 18 |
| Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power | 42 |
| Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 69 |
| AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III | 2.18 |
| Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 455 |
| Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete | 96 |
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 2c0.1 |
| Four corner code | 1740.7 |
| De Roo Code | 3547 |