"男の子" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [o̞to̞ko̞no̞ko̞] Forms: 男の子 [canonical] (ruby: (おとこ), ()), otokonoko [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 男 (otoko, “man; male”) + の (no, appositional particle) + 子 (ko, “child”). First cited to a text from 1711. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|男|の|子|pos2=appositional particle|sort=おとこのこ|t1=man; male|t3=child|tr1=otoko|tr2=no|tr3=ko}} 男 (otoko, “man; male”) + の (no, appositional particle) + 子 (ko, “child”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|おとこのこ}} 男(おとこ)の子(こ) • (otokonoko)
  1. a boy Wikipedia link: Daijisen#Online_search_engines Synonyms: 少年 (shōnen) (ruby: 少年(しょうねん)), 坊や (bōya) (ruby: (ぼう)) Derived forms: 男の娘 (otokonoko) (ruby: (おとこ), ()) Related terms: 男の人 (otoko no hito) (ruby: (おとこ), (ひと)), 男子 (danshi) (ruby: 男子(だんし)), 男性 (dansei) (ruby: 男性(だんせい))

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "bōya",
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              "坊",
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          "坊",
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