稚
immature, young
Readings
On'yomi
- チ
- ジ
Kun'yomi
- いとけない
- おさない
- おくて
- おでる
Nanori
- まさ
- わか
- わく
- わっか
Meaning
稚 centers on the early stage of life or growth: being young, immature, or not yet fully developed.
Most common words using 稚
20 of 23- 幼稚園ようちえんN3
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
- 幼稚ようちN2
infancy
- 稚児ちご
infant; child
- 稚魚ちぎょ
fry; juvenile fish; fingerling
- 稚拙ちせつ
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy; crude
- 稚やや
baby; child
- 丁稚でっち
apprentice; shop boy
- 幼稚園児ようちえんじN2
kindergartener; preschooler
- 丁稚奉公でっちぼうこう
apprenticeship
- 幼稚園バスようちえんバス
school bus (for kindergarten children); kindergarten bus
- 幼稚園教諭ようちえんきょうゆ
kindergarten teacher
- 幼稚園生ようちえんせい
kindergartener; preschooler
- 幼稚産業保護論ようちさんぎょうほごろん
infant-industry argument; theory of infant-industry protection
- 稚いいとけない
young; innocent; childlike
- 稚児百合ちごゆり
Japanese fairy bells (Disporum smilacinum)
- 稚児蟹ちごがに
Ilyoplax pusilla (crab species)
- 稚児車ちんぐるま
Sieversia pentapetala (yellow and white rose species)
- 稚児隼ちごはやぶさ
northern hobby (Falco subbuteo)
- 稚内北星学園大学わっかないほくせいがくえんだいがく
Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University
- 稚気ちき
childishness; naivete
Study
Etymology
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.
Meaning mnemonic
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.
Reading mnemonic
For チ, imagine a young child trying to eat cheese: cheese -> チ, and the child is still immature.