childish

(wheat) + (turkey)
★★☆☆☆
13 strokes
BETA

Onyomi

CHI

it's childish to play with your CHEESE all giving yourself webbed fingers with mozzarella and finger-painting with fondue. Either childish or way too adult in some kind of wet-and-messy way, but either way it is not ok in this household, young lady.

Mnemonic

It was childish of you hold the wheat just out of reach of the hungry turkey!

Jukugo

幼稚園(ようちえん)

kindergarten ★★☆☆☆
(childish, immature) + (public park) = 幼稚園 (kindergarten)

幼稚(ようち)

childish, immature ★☆☆☆☆
(childhood) + (childish) = 幼稚 (childish, immature)

childish, immature, puerile. "Hey i wrote POOP on a picture of the president! Want to come see?"

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
infer HAND
sole or only MOUTH
childish WHEAT
upkeep STRING

Detectives infer the crook's identity based on his HAND-prints.

You got only one MOUTH.

Farmers pick the most childish of WHEAT: the seeds.

STRING helps me keep the turkey in the yard.

Synonyms

immature, childish
幼稚    幼い