兒

See also 児, and 儿

Translingual

shinjitai	児
simplified	儿
traditional	兒

Etymology

Pictogram (象形): an infant with an imperfect cranium (i.e. fontanelles). The 臼 here is a variant/corruption of 囟.

Han character

兒 (radical 10 儿+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹X竹山 (HXHU), four-corner 7721₇, composition ⿱臼儿)

1. son, child, oneself
2. final part

Descendants

• 児 儿

References

• KangXi: page 125, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1365
• Dae Jaweon: page 265, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 272, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5152

See also

• 子

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Cantonese

Hanzi

兒 (simplified 儿, jyutping ji4, ngai4, Yale yi4, ngai4)

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Japanese

shinjitai	児
simplified	儿
traditional	兒

Kanji

兒 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. child
2. young of animals

Readings

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

References

JIS: 513B Kuten: 4927 Shift JIS: 995A EUC-JP: D1BB Frequency: kyūjitai Nelson: 3850

New Nelson: 357 Halpern: 2625 Halpern Learners: not listed Heisig: not listed Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 4c3.3

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

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Korean

Hanja

兒 (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune-Reischauer a)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

兒 (simplified 儿, pinyin ér (er2), er (er5), Wade-Giles erh², erh⁵)

Compounds

• 兒童
• 兒子
• 孩兒
• 女兒
• 乞兒 (Cantonese only)
• 玩兒
• 筷兒 (kuài'er)
• 小兒科
• 嬰兒車
• 幼兒園
• 包干兒
• 冰棍兒
• 一點兒
• 鄉下老兒

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Vietnamese

Han character

兒 (nhi, nghê, nhẻ)