Kanji

幼

infancy, childhood

Kanji

Grade

Grade 6

Strokes

5 strokes

Radical

幺部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ヨウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

おさない

Nanori (Name Reading)

わか

Common Readings

ヨウ, おさな…い

Example sentences

幼い おさない
彼女は幼い頃からピアノを習っている。

She has been learning the piano since she was young.

抱く いだく
彼は幼い頃から、いつか世界を旅するという夢を抱いていた。

He had harbored a dream of traveling the world someday since he was a child.

幼い頃 おさないころ
幼い頃の夢はパイロットになることだった。

My childhood dream was to become a pilot.

幼なじみ おさななじみ
彼とは幼稚園からの幼なじみだ。

He and I are childhood friends from kindergarten.

巡り会う めぐりあう
長い旅の末、彼は故郷で幼なじみと巡り会った。

After a long journey, he reunited with his childhood friend in his hometown.

幼馴染 おさななじみ
彼は私の幼稚園時代からの幼馴染だ。

He is my childhood friend from kindergarten.

懸想 けそう
彼は幼馴染に懸想していた。

He had a crush on his childhood friend.

幼女 ようじょ
その幼女は、公園で楽しそうに遊んでいる。

That little girl is playing happily in the park.

幼稚園 ようちえん
息子は来月から幼稚園に通い始めます。

My son will start going to kindergarten from next month.

幼馴染み おさななじみ
彼とは幼稚園からの幼馴染みで、今でもよく一緒に遊んでいる。

He and I have been childhood friends since kindergarten, and we still hang out together often.

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