"可愛い子ちゃん" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: 可愛い子ちゃん [canonical] (ruby: 可愛(かわ), ()), kawaikochan [romanization]
Etymology: 可愛い (kawaii) + 子 (ko) + ちゃん (-chan, familiar suffix) Etymology templates: {{com|ja|可愛い|子|tr1=kawaii|tr2=ko}} 可愛い (kawaii) + 子 (ko), {{suf|ja||ちゃん|pos2=familiar suffix|tr2=-chan}} + ちゃん (-chan, familiar suffix) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かわいこちゃん}} 可愛(かわ)い子(こ)ちゃん • (kawaikochan)
  1. (dated, colloquial) cutie, cute girl Tags: colloquial, dated
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  "etymology_text": "可愛い (kawaii) + 子 (ko) + ちゃん (-chan, familiar suffix)",
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