Word Meaning 鬼子

おにご onigo

鬼子 is read as おにご (onigo) and means child born with teeth.

Meaning

English

child born with teeth
child which does not resemble its parents
changeling
wild child
badly-behaved child

Reading

Kana

おにご

Romaji

onigo

Writing Variants

鬼っ子 おにっこ onikko
鬼子おにっこ onikko

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 107532 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鬼田平子

おにたびらこ

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

鬼野芥子

おにのげし

prickly sow-thistle (Sonchus asper)

鬼子母神

きしぼじん

Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

親に似ぬ子は鬼子

おやににぬこはおにご

like father, like son

胡鬼の子

こぎのこ

Buckleya lanceolata (species of parasitic deciduous shrub)

恐れ入谷の鬼子母神

おそれいりやのきしぼじん

sorry

鬼

き

Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

鬼神

きじん

fierce god

鬼才

きさい

wizard

鬼気

きき

ghastly

鬼門

きもん

weak point

鬼も十八番茶も出花

おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

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