Word details

男子

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 男子.

Dictionary

Entry

男子んしNounFreq #1870
1

boy

Examples
このクラスは女子が男子より多いです。
There are more girls than boys in this class.
2

man; male

Examples
そこらへんは、男子と女子とでは違うんだってば。
Obviously that's different for men and women.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

male

7 strokesFrequency 240JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ダンナン

Kun

おとこ

Nanori

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

3 strokesFrequency 72JLPT N4Grade 1

On

Kun

-こ

Nanori

ねっ

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