JLPT N5 · Family

一人っ子

ひとりっこ

only child

Stroke order of 一人っ子

4 characters, 7 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

一 · 1 strokes 人 · 2 strokesっ · 1 strokes子 · 3 strokes

Memory trick

一人 is one person alone, and 子 is a child with open arms.

Parts: 一人 one person + っ kana + 子 child

The characters in 一人っ子

一いち — one (1 strokes)
人ひと — person (2 strokes)

Example sentence

わたしは一人っ子です。

わたしはひとりっこです。

I am an only child.

Words with 一

一one 一つone (thing)一人one person; alone 一万ten thousand 一万円10,000 yen 一本one (long thing)一枚one (flat thing)一冊one (book)一台one (machine; vehicle)一匹one (small animal)一杯one cup; full 一回once; one time 一階first floor 一番number one; best; most 一時one o'clock 一分one minute 一時間one hour 一週間one week

Words with 人

一人one person; alone 二人two people 三人three people 四人four people 何人how many people 人person 日本人Japanese person 大人adult 男の人man 女の人woman 外国人foreigner 友人friend 人口population 主人husband; owner 人形doll 恋人sweetheart 人生life 犯人criminal; culprit

Words with 子

子どもchild 息子son 男の子boy 女の子girl お菓子sweets; snacks 帽子hat 障子paper sliding door 少子化declining birthrate 様子appearance; state 子猫kitten 末っ子youngest child 双子twins 子孫descendant 原子atom 分子molecule 電子electron 原子力nuclear power 電子メールemail

More words: Family

お父さんfather (polite)お母さんmother (polite)お兄さんolder brother (polite)お姉さんolder sister (polite)弟さんyounger brother (polite)妹さんyounger sister (polite)祖母grandmother 夫husband 奥さんwife (someone else's)息子son 父親father 母親mother 赤ちゃんbaby

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