JLPT N1 · 13 strokes
Kanji 稚: "immature, young"
The kanji 稚 means "immature, young". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read チ, ジ in on'yomi and いとけない, おさない, おくて, おでる in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チジ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いとけないおさないおくておでる
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | immature, young |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1560 of 2,501 |
Common words with 稚
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 幼稚園kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
- 幼稚infancy · childish; infantile; immature; primitive
- 稚拙unskillful; childish; immature; naive
- 幼稚園児kindergartener; preschooler
- 稚児infant; child · pageboy; page
- 丁稚apprentice; shop boy
- 稚気childishness; naivete
- 稚魚fry; juvenile fish; fingerling
- 稚いyoung; innocent; childlike
- 丁稚奉公apprenticeship
- 幼稚園生kindergartener; preschooler
- 幼稚園バスschool bus (for kindergarten children); kindergarten bus
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