子供

Kana: こども

child

Example sentence

子供たちは外で遊んでいます。

こどもたちはそとであそんでいます。

The children are playing outside.

What 子供 means

子供 (こども) is a Japanese word meaning “child”. It belongs to the People & Family topic and appears at Level 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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