児童

See also: 兒童 and 儿童

Japanese
Kanji in this term
児 童
じ
Grade: 4		 どう
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
兒童 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

児(じ)童(どう) • (jidō) 

  1. pupil, student (a child who goes to elementary school)[4]
  2. (law) minor, child, juvenile
    1. person under 18 years of age under the Japanese Child Welfare Law[5]
    2. person under 20 years of age under the Japanese Mother and Child, Father and Child, and Widows Welfare Law[6]

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 学校教育法
  5. 児童福祉法
  6. 母子及び父子並びに寡婦福祉法
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