Kanken 1
孥

Meaning

Kanji 孥

child

child, servant, slave, wife and children

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
つまこ
Onyomi 音読み
ドヌ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
-
Frequency
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Strokes
8
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
努 • 怒 • 奴 • 呶 • 帑 • 伮 • 弩

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

戦で敗れ、彼は孥を連れて都を去った。

After losing the war, he left the capital with his wife and children.

孥を養うために彼は朝から晩まで働いた。

He worked from morning till night to support his wife and children.

古い記録には孥を失った人々の悲しみが記されている。

Old records describe the sorrow of people who lost their wives and children.

その子はまだ孥にすぎない。

That child is still only a child.

昔の文では孥が子を表すことがある。

In old texts, this character can sometimes mean child.