赤ちゃん

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤
あか
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

赤 (aka, “red”) +‎ ちゃん (-chan, familiarizing suffix)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あ​かちゃん [áꜜkàchàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [a̠ka̠t͡ɕã̠ɴ]

Noun

赤ちゃん (hiragana あかちゃん, rōmaji aka-chan)

  1. a baby
    赤 (あか)ちゃんと僕 (ぼく)
    Aka-chan to Boku
    Baby & Me
    • 1986 July 5 [Oct 18 1985], Kobayashi, Makoto, “Ｖｏｌ.26　マイケルの初夜 [Vol.26 Michael’s First Night]”, in What’sホワッツ Michaelマイケル? [What’s Michael], volume 2 (fiction, in Japanese), 10th edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 30:
      このバカモノ‼ポッポはまだ赤ちゃんなんだぞ〰〰‼
      Kono bakamono‼ Poppo wa mada aka-chan nan da zo〰〰‼
      You moron‼ Poppo’s still an infant〰〰‼

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