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童
child · juvenile
N2On: どうKun: わらべ
Memory Aid
This kanji looks like a **child** with a topknot (the top part, similar to 立) playing happily in a **field** (田 in the bottom part of 重). They're free and energetic like a child.
'DOU' — Think of children playing with PLAY-**DOUGH**.
Vocabulary
童話どうわfairy tale
児童じどうchildren, juveniles
童心どうしんchildlike innocence
童謡どうようchildren's song
わらべ歌わらべうたchildren's folk song
Example Sentences
彼女は子供のころ、よく童話を読みました。
When she was a child, she often read fairy tales.
児童公園で子供たちが遊んでいます。
Children are playing in the children's park.
彼は大人になっても童心を忘れていません。
Even as an adult, he hasn't forgotten his childlike innocence.
日本のわらべ歌には、美しいメロディーが多いです。
Many Japanese children's folk songs have beautiful melodies.