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大人は赤子の心を失わず
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 大人は赤子の心を失わず.
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Proverb; From Mencius
great human beings never lose the innocence of childhood; a virtuous ruler never loses the spirit of the common people
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
大
large, big
3 strokesFrequency 7JLPT N4Grade 1
On
ダイタイ
Kun
おお-おお.きい-おお.いに
Nanori
うふおおうたたかしともはじめひろひろしまさまさるもとわ
人
person
2 strokesFrequency 5JLPT N4Grade 1
On
ジンニン
Kun
ひと-り-と
Nanori
じとねひこふみ
赤
red
7 strokesFrequency 584JLPT N3Grade 1
On
セキシャク
Kun
あかあか-あか.いあか.らむあか.らめる
Nanori
ああこあま
子
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
3 strokesFrequency 72JLPT N4Grade 1
On
シスツ
Kun
こ-こね
Nanori
いきぎくけねっ
心
heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
4 strokesFrequency 157JLPT N3Grade 2
On
シン
Kun
こころ-ごころ
失
lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
5 strokesFrequency 447JLPT N2Grade 4
On
シツ
Kun
うしな.うう.せる
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