園児

Japanese

Kanji in this term
園 児
えん
Grade: 2 		じ
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
園兒 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

園(えん) (en, shortened from 幼稚園 (yōchien, “kindergarten”) or 保育園 (hoikuen, “nursery school”)) + 児(じ) (ji, “child”).

Pronunciation

Noun

園(えん)児(じ) • (enji) ←ゑんじ (wenzi)?

  1. a kindergartner

References

  1. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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