幼 – vocab dash

Keyword

very young

infancy
childhood

Frequency: #1227
Strokes: 5
Grade: 6
JLPT (old): N2
Heisig: 1478

Readings

ヨウ70%

おさな30%

Mnemonic

A thread spool and a little power: a child tries to lift it with tiny arms, a very young helper.

Stroke order

Composed of

幺thread spool 力power

Used in kanji

呦the bleating of the deer 坳hollow in the ground 拗crooked 泑the vitreous glaze on china, porcelain, etc.窈quiet 靿the leg of a boot 黝black

Used in vocabulary

幼よう稚ち園えん

kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool

Noun

幼おさない

very young; little; childish; immature

I-adjective

幼おさな子ご

infant; baby; little child

Noun

幼よう児じ

young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age

Noun

幼よう少しょう

infancy; childhood; tender age

Noun

幼よう少しょう期き

(early) childhood

Noun

幼おさななじみ

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

Noun

乳にゅう幼よう児じ

babies and preschool children

Noun

幼よう虫ちゅう

larva; grub; maggot

Noun

幼よう女じょ

little girl

Noun

幼いと

young

Prefix

幼よう

infancy; childhood; infant; child

Noun

幼いとけない

young; innocent; childlike

I-adjective

幼よう稚ち

infancy; childish; infantile; immature; primitive

Noun

長ちょう幼よう

young and old

Noun

幼よう年ねん時じ代だい

childhood

Noun

幼おさな友とも達だち

childhood friend

Noun

幼よう時じ

childhood; infancy

Noun

幼よう年ねん

childhood; infancy

Noun

幼おさなき

very young; childish; immature

Prenominal

幼よう生せい

larva; larvae

Na-adjective

幼よう魚ぎょ

fry (young fish)

Noun

幼よう体たい

immature form (of an organism); young animal

Noun

幼よう名めい

childhood name

Noun