子

piglet

child actor; child actress

child's role (in a film, play, etc.); child's part

dog; doggy; bow-wow

one child

only child

one of several children (esp. the son and heir)

Go (game)

one stone

blowfly or green bottle fly larva (oft. used as fishing bait)

brush (for painting, basting, etc.)

booklet; pamphlet

boys' school

maiko; apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)

figured satin

fawn

outsider; alien elements

Word usually written using kana alone

skylark (Alauda arvensis)

こうてんし only

Mongolian lark (Melanocorypha mongolica)

Familiar

niece

Pacific island flatsedge (Cyperus cyperoides)

Slang

woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love

stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter

behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

table; desk

Abbreviation

women's college; women's university

child from a previous marriage; child of a former spouse; stepchild

ovum; ovule; egg cell

lattice door

seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop

miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.)

cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.)

carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (in Okinawa)