immature, young
稚 centers on the early stage of life or growth: being young, immature, or not yet fully developed.
稚 combines 禾 (grain plant) with 隹, which likely contributes the sound and relates to smallness or youth. The idea is of young grain, hence immature or young.
The left side 禾 is a grain plant, and the right side 隹 looks like a small bird. Picture a young grain sprout beside a fledgling bird: both are immature and young.
For チ, imagine a young child trying to eat cheese: cheese -> チ, and the child is still immature.
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
infancy
infant; child
fry; juvenile fish; fingerling
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy; crude
baby; child
apprentice; shop boy
apprenticeship
school bus (for kindergarten children); kindergarten bus
kindergartener; preschooler
kindergarten teacher
kindergartener; preschooler
infant-industry argument; theory of infant-industry protection
young; innocent; childlike
Japanese fairy bells (Disporum smilacinum)
Ilyoplax pusilla (crab species)
Sieversia pentapetala (yellow and white rose species)
northern hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University
childishness; naivete