子
부수: 子
획수: 3획
子 has the meanings ‘child’, ‘son’ and ‘small things’.
子 = 子
X = semantic
• 子 depicts a child with its arms stretched out and represents meanings associated with ‘child’.
Evolution:
子 = ’child’ ➔ ’son’
子 = ’child’ ➔ ’small thing’
Mnemonic
Simply imagine 子 as a young child with its arms outstretched wanting to be picked up.
Vocab
| 子息 | 자식 | one’s own child |
| 子孫 | 자손 | descendants |
| 孫子 | 손자 | grandson |
| 男子 | 남자 | boy |
| 王子 | 왕자 | prince |
| 弟子 | 제자 | disciple; student |
| 精子 | 정자 | sperm |
| 子宮 | 자궁 | womb |
| 눈瞳子 | 눈동자 | pupil (eye) |
| 箱子 | 상자 | box, case |
| 子音 | 자음 | consonant |
| 利子 | 이자 | interest (banking) |
| 光子 | 광자 | photon |
| 原子 | 원자 | atom |
| 量子論 | 양자론 | quantum theory |
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Bibliography
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 35]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Henshall, K.G. (1998). A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters, [s.v. 25]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 子].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 27]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.