1. Noun, Noun, used as a suffix

   child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person

   その子は母親に甘えた。

2. (one's) child; offspring

3. young woman

   also 娘

4. young (animal)

   see 仔see こ

5. Noun

   offshoot

6. interest

   see 元も子もない

7. new share

   FinanceAbbreviationsee 子株

8. player who is not a dealer

   Card gamesMahjongsee 親

9. young geisha; young prostitute

   also 姑

10. bird egg

    Archaic

11. Noun, used as a suffix

    -er (often of young women)

    after a noun or -masu stem

Also written 児【こ】ko