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子供 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
子供
BOOST
Reading : こども   
noun
child; children
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 180,851 which gives a rank of 52
子供 is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 302,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 30 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 742
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 1 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
こども
子供
はな
かいた
The child painted flowers.
こども
子供
テレビなんか
ないで
はや
なければならない

Children must go to bed early without watching television.
こども
子供
じゅう
10
まで
かぞ
えた

The child counted ten.
こども
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 7,000 (about 113,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5579
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 1 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
子ども
BOOST
Reading : こども   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 232,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2904
小供
BOOST
Reading : こども   
more commonly written as 子供
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 113,000 (about 1,310,000 results)
See also:
See also: 子供  
シ   ス   こ child   
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
katakana 'ha'; eight
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
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