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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

稚: immature, young

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

禾 carries the meaning · 隹 is drawn in

13 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

チchi · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 稚魚ちぎょfry; juvenile fish; fingerling
  • 幼稚ようち
  • 幼稚園ようちえん
  • 稚拙ちせつunskillful; childish; immature

Also read ジ, いとけない, おさない, おくて, おでる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The harvest is ready! Imagine a field of golden rice bowing its head in the autumn breeze.”
More in the 禾 grain story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
禾

Also built on grain (禾)

All 32
隹

Also built on old bird (隹)

All 21

Also read チ

15 kanji share this on'yomiAll 15

Also read ジ

27 kanji share this on'yomiAll 27

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
稚 immature · 禾
vs椎 chinquapin · 木
稚 has 禾 where 椎 has 木.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhì

Same form: 稚 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
稚 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
稚 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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