赤子

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Chinese

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red; scarlet; bare
red; scarlet; bare; naked
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
simp. and trad.
(赤子)
Literally: “red child”.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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赤子

  1. newborn baby; neonate
  2. (figurative) person cherishing true love for his native land; the people (of a country)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
あか
Grade: 1
こ > ご
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 赤子 – see the following entry.
あかご
[noun] baby
Alternative spelling
赤児
(This term, 赤子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
せき
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(せき)() (sekishiせきし (sekisi)?

  1. Synonym of あかご (akago, baby)
  2. (literary) emperor's citizens
    • 玉音放送
      億兆ノ赤子ヲ保シ
      to save the millions of our subjects

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN