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子
Hiragana
こ / し
Affix
abbreviation
alt-of
Japanese Meaning
子: 接尾語として、親しみや小ささ、または女性の人名などを表す語。例：赤ちゃん→赤ん坊→赤ん坊に対して「赤ちゃん子」とは言わないが、「猫→猫子」といった架空例など。 / 子: 漢字として「こ」。人間の子、動物の子など、親から生まれたものを指す。 / 子: 学問や徳の高い人への敬称として名前の下につける語。例：孔子（こうし）、孟子（もうし）。 / 子: 貴族の位階を表す語で、「子爵」の略。 / 子: 十二支の一番目、「ね（鼠）」を表す。
Easy Japanese Meaning
なまえのあとにつけることばで、こどもをあらわしたり先生などをていねいによぶ。ししゃくをみじかくいうときにもつかう。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
孩子；子女 / 子爵的简称；日本旧制贵族第四等 / 对贤者、老师的尊称
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
作為詞綴，表示「小孩、子女」。 / 「子爵」的略稱。 / 對有學問者、老師的尊稱。
Korean Meaning
(접미) 아이·새끼·작은 것의 뜻 / 자작(子爵)의 준말 / (접미) 학자·스승에 대한 존칭
Vietnamese Meaning
Hậu tố nghĩa “con, trẻ”. / Viết tắt của 子爵: tử tước (viscount). / Kính xưng cho bậc học giả, thầy/tiên sinh.
Tagalog Meaning
hulapi para sa “bata/anak” o supling / daglat ng 子爵; ranggong bikonte (viscount) / hulaping panggalang para sa pantas o guro (master)
Sense（1）
a child
Sense（2）
Short for 子爵 (shishaku): the fourth rank of nobility in Meiji-postwar Japan, equivalent to a viscount
Sense（3）
an honorific for a learned man, such as teacher or master
Sense（4）
a philosophy branch of Chinese literature, either derived from or outside of the Hundred Schools of Thought
Sense（5）
an object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object
Sense（6）
an object having a particular state or property (sometimes diminutive)
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a child / Short for 子爵 (shishaku): the fourth rank of nobility in Meiji-postwar Japan, equivalent to a viscount / an honorific for a learned man, such as teacher or master
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She is taking care of the child.
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彼女は子供の世話をしています。
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