児

See also 兒, and 儿

Translingual

shinjitai	児
simplified	儿
traditional	兒

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 兒 (臼 → 旧).

Graphically, 旧 + 儿.

Han character

児 (radical 10 儿+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 中日竹山 (LAHU), composition ⿱旧儿)

1. son, child, oneself
2. final part

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 125, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1364
• Dae Jaweon: page 265, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 270, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5150

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Japanese

Noun

児 (hiragana こ, romaji ko)

1. child, boy, girl
2. young, offspring

Usage notes

This word is more commonly written as 子.

Derived terms

• 良い児
• 売り児
• 乳飲み児

Kanji

児 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. newborn babe
2. child
3. young of animals

Readings

• Go'on: に (ni), げ (ge)
• Kan'on: じ (ji), げい (gei)
• Kun: こ (ko)
• Nanori: る (ru)

Compounds

児童 愛児 育児 遺児 嬰児 園児 革命児 過熟児 奇形児 驕児 虚弱児 麒麟児 健康児 健児 幸運児 黄口児 混血児 逆児 産児 蚕児 死児 私生児 肢体不自由児 小児 初生児 新生児 情緒障害児 女児 人工栄養児 精神薄弱児 精薄児 早産児 早生児 双生児 男児 稚児

遅進児 知的障害児 乳呑児 寵児 低能児 天才児 豚児 蕩児 乳臭児 乳児 乳幼児 熱血児 反逆児 肥満児 風雲児 浮浪児 亡児 未熟児 問題児 遊蕩児 優良児 幼児 流行児 胎児 棄児 孤児 児戯 託児施設 託児所 児女 児曹 児孫 兵児帯 鹿児島県 児童

References

JIS: 3B79 Kuten: 2789 Shift JIS: 8E99 EUC-JP: BBF9 Frequency: 679 Nelson: 572

New Nelson: 355 Halpern: 2546 Halpern Learners: 1617 Heisig: 58 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 4c3.3

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

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Korean

Hanja

児 (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune-Reischauer a, Yale a)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

児 (pinyin ér (er2), Wade-Giles erh²)