"赤子" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [se̞kʲiɕi] Forms: 赤子 [canonical] (ruby: 赤(せき), 子(し)), sekishi [romanization], sekisi [romanization], せきし [hiragana, historical]
Etymology templates: {{ja-see|あかご}} Head templates: {{ja-noun|せきし|hhira=せきし}} 赤(せき)子(し) • (sekishi) ^(←せきし (sekisi)?)
  1. synonym of あかご (akago, “baby”) Synonyms: あかご [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-赤子-ja-noun-Kk-QvqYK Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 67 33
  2. (literary) emperor's citizens Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-赤子-ja-noun-a15rGVZE Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 9 91 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 9 91 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 赤子 meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)

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