童 – juvenile, child

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The kanji 童 means juvenile, child. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ドウ (dou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わらべ (warabe). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 立 (no. 117).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ドウ	dou
Kun’yomi	わらべ	warabe

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 立 (Kangxi radical 117). Components: 里・立.

Words using 童

児童じどうchildren童謡どうようchildren's song童話どうわchildren's story

Example sentences

その学校の児童はみんなその新しい先生になついた。

Every child in the school took to the new teacher.

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あなたは童謡のレコードのセットをさがしているそうですね。

I understand you're looking for a record album of nursery rhymes.

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あなたはこの童話を一人で書いたのですか。

Did you write this fairy tale by yourself?

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Kanji with the same radical

立競端章

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