also: わこ
Archaic or literary term for 'my child', used in classical Japanese. In modern Japanese, 私の子供 or うちの子 are standard.
In an old waka poem, it is written, 'My child is a treasure.'
Archaic kanji spelling; the reading あこ is rare and literary.
Archaic kanji spelling; the reading わこ is rare and literary.
Kana spelling for the rare reading わこ; included as a search aid.
The exact derivation is uncertain; 吾 (a, wa) is an archaic first-person pronoun, and 子 (ko) means 'child'. The readings あこ and わこ are old combinations meaning 'my child'.