童

youngster; juvenile; child

12 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 1138.

Readings

• ドウ (on reading): 児童 (じどう) children; 童貞 (どうてい) virginity (of a male)
• わらべ (kun reading): 童 (わらべ) child; 京童 (きょうわらべ) Kyoto's children
• Read as a whole word: 河童 (かっぱ) kappa; 小童 (こわっぱ) boy; 河童の川流れ (かっぱのかわながれ) anyone can make a mistake

Components

• 立
• 里
• 立 radical stand
• 里 radical village; ri

Kanji containing 童

• 鐘 bell
• 瞳 pupil (of eye)
• 憧 yearn after
• 僮 child
• 幢 flag
• 撞 thrust
• 潼 high
• 橦 pole
• 艟 fighting ship

Words using 童

• 児童 (じどう) children
• 童貞 (どうてい) virginity (of a male)
• 童話 (どうわ) children's story
• 童謡 (どうよう) children's song
• 児童生徒 (じどうせいと) elementary, junior high, and high school students
• 童 (わらべ) child
• 京童 (きょうわらべ) Kyoto's children
• 女の童 (めのわらべ) girl
• 河童 (かっぱ) kappa
• 小童 (こわっぱ) boy
• 河童の川流れ (かっぱのかわながれ) anyone can make a mistake
• 河童の屁 (かっぱのへ) something easy to do
• 屁の河童 (へのかっぱ) something easy to do
• 山童 (やまわろ) one-eyed mountain spirit
• 童部 (わらわべ) child
• 小さ童 (ちいさわらわ) small child (esp. a servant child in the Heian-period imperial palace)
• 京童部 (きょうわらわべ) Kyoto's children
• 童 (わらし) child

111 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists