# A Question Regarding the Mnemonic for 里心

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**Category:** Kanji\
**Created:** [March 13, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/a-question-regarding-the-mnemonic-for-%E9%87%8C%E5%BF%83/42528 "2020-03-13T13:57:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Haiena](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/haiena/32/286286_2.png) [@Haiena](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Haiena)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/a-question-regarding-the-mnemonic-for-%E9%87%8C%E5%BF%83/42528/1 "2020-03-13T13:57:30Z")

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In the lesson for ‘homesick’, the following context sentence is given:

> この仔犬は里心がついて泣いているのもしれないけど、そんなのかまうもんか。  
> This puppy may be crying because he is homesick, but who cares?

When I typed 「こいぬ」into my IME (I’m using a Chromebook, if it matters), 仔犬 was the second result, behind what I expected the kanji to be, 子犬. So, is 仔 considered a reasonable substitute for 子? Does it have some sort of limit, like it can’t be used in 子供, or is limited to jukugo words, or something like that?  
皆さんは、ありがとうございます！

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**Author:** ![plantron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/plantron/32/783203_2.png) [@plantron](https://community.wanikani.com/u/plantron)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/a-question-regarding-the-mnemonic-for-%E9%87%8C%E5%BF%83/42528/2 "2020-03-13T14:09:04Z")

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It seems that 仔 is mainly used for animals

> **[仔 - Jisho.org](https://jisho.org/search/%E4%BB%94)**
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> 17 words, 1 kanji and 1 sentences found. See the full details ...

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**Author:** ![kayleem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kayleem/32/275320_2.png) [@kayleem](https://community.wanikani.com/u/kayleem)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/a-question-regarding-the-mnemonic-for-%E9%87%8C%E5%BF%83/42528/3 "2020-03-13T14:10:39Z")

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Also, it looks like other words like 仔牛、仔羊、子猫 can use this kanji too. It’s funny the word isn’t in wanikani though right? I don’t think it can be used for humans.

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**Author:** ![crihak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/crihak/32/6630_2.png) [@crihak](https://community.wanikani.com/u/crihak)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/a-question-regarding-the-mnemonic-for-%E9%87%8C%E5%BF%83/42528/4 "2020-03-13T14:14:07Z")

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I think it’s funny how the child kanji with the person radical is the one that refers to animals 🙂

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**Author:** ![kayleem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kayleem/32/275320_2.png) [@kayleem](https://community.wanikani.com/u/kayleem)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/a-question-regarding-the-mnemonic-for-%E9%87%8C%E5%BF%83/42528/5 "2020-03-13T14:15:18Z")

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That hadn’t even occurred to me lol.  
Also this post card is a cute dramatic use of 仔供  
[https://momoudou.booth.pm/items/381840](https://momoudou.booth.pm/items/381840)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/a-question-regarding-the-mnemonic-for-%E9%87%8C%E5%BF%83/42528/6 "2021-03-13T14:15:26Z")

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