稚 – immature, young

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1560 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 稚 means immature, young. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チ、ジ (chi, ji); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いとけない、おさない、おくて、おでる (itokenai, osanai, okute, oderu). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 禾 (no. 115).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
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

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: 禾 (Kangxi radical 115). Components: 禾・隹.

Words using 稚

幼稚ようちinfancy幼稚園ようちえんkindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school)

Example sentences

幼稚な説得とは、人をしつこく唆すことだ。

Crude persuasion is to persistently egg someone on.

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それにしても、幼稚園というところは、季節の行事にとても敏感です。

Even so, kindergartens are sensitive to seasonal events.

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Kanji with the same radical

私税移種程科積秋秀秘称秒稲稼秩稿

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