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兒

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See also: 児, 儿, 皃, 𠒇, 兇, and 囟
兒 U+5152, 兒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5152
← 兑
[U+5151] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 兓 →
[U+5153]

Translingual

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Traditional 兒
Shinjitai 児
Simplified 儿

Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 兒
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
j20471
j20472
j20473
j20474
j20475
j20476
j20477
j20478
j20479
j20480
j20481
j20482
j20483
j20484
j20485
j20486
j20487
j20488
j20489
j20490
j20491
j20492
j20493
j20494
j20495
j20496
j20497
j20498
j20499
j20500
j20501
j20502
j20503
j20504
j20505
j20506
j20507
j20508
j20509
j20510
j20511
j20512
j20513
j20514
j20515
j20516
j20517
j20518
j20519
b13458
b13459
b13460
b13461
b13462
b13463
b13464
b13465
b13466
b13467
s06201
Transcribed ancient scripts
L30087
L30088
L30089
L30090
L30091
L01143
L01144
L01145
L01146
L01147
L01148
L01149
L01150
L01151
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (兒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
掜 *rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
誽 *rŋeː
倪 *ŋeː
蜺 *ŋeː, *ŋeː
霓 *ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː
郳 *ŋeː
齯 *ŋeː
婗 *ŋeː
輗 *ŋeː
棿 *ŋeː
猊 *ŋeː
麑 *ŋeː
貎 *ŋeː
鯢 *ŋeː
兒 *ŋeː, *ŋje
觬 *ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
堄 *ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs
晲 *ŋeːʔ
睨 *ŋeːs
唲 *ŋje
隉 *ŋeːd
鶂 *ŋeːɡ
鬩 *ɦŋeːɡ

Pictogram (象形): an infant with an imperfect cranium (i.e. fontanelle).

Etymology 1

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trad. 兒
simp. 儿*
alternative forms 児
𠒇
𫤘

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-ŋa-j (“small; inferior; offspring”) (STEDT). Cognate with Burmese ငယ် (ngai, “little; young”), Jingpho shangai (ʃă³¹ ŋai³¹, “to give birth”).

According to Schuessler (2007), it may be an area word; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ŋa(i)k (“baby”), Proto-Bahnaric *ŋaː (“baby”), Khmer ង៉ា (ngaa, “infant; baby”). The word is also cognate with 倪 (OC *ŋeː, “small and weak”). 伢 is the southern dialectal form of 兒 (MC nye, “child; son”).

Pronunciation

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Note: Pronounced as '-r' in the suffix sense, merging with the previous syllable.
Note:
  • niè - vernacular (often written as 伲);
  • ì - literary.
Note:
  • gni, ng - vernacular;
  • (gh)er - literary;
  • 2gheu (Haining) - older speakers.
Rime
Character 兒
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 汝移切
Baxter nye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵiə̆/
Li
Rong 		/ȵie/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑǐe/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ér
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 兒
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		ér
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nye ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋe/
English child

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 兒
Reading # 2/2
No. 2757
Phonetic
component 		兒
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		兒
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋje/

Definitions

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兒

  1. (now in compounds) child
    兒童／儿童  ―  értóng  ―  child
    嬰兒／婴儿  ―  yīng'ér  ―  infant child; baby
  2. one's own child; son
    兒孫／儿孙  ―  érsūn  ―  child(ren) and grandchild(ren)
    妻兒／妻儿  ―  qī'ér  ―  wife and child(ren)
    一兒一女／一儿一女  ―  yī ér yī nǚ  ―  one son and one daughter
  3. (now in compounds) (male) adolescent
    健兒／健儿  ―  jiàn'ér  ―  good athlete
  4. (attributive, of animals) male
    兒馬／儿马  ―  érmǎ  ―  male horse
  5. Non-syllabic noun diminutive suffix.
    盆兒／盆儿  ―  pénr  ―  small basin
    小狗兒／小狗儿  ―  xiǎogǒur  ―  puppy
  6. Suffix after nouns that does not indicate diminutiveness.
    味兒／味儿  ―  wèir  ―  taste
    汁兒／汁儿  ―  zhīr  ―  juice
    電影兒／电影儿  ―  diànyǐngr  ―  film
  7. Suffix added to some verbs or adjectives to form nouns.
    吃兒／吃儿  ―  chīr  ―  food; something to eat
    亮兒／亮儿  ―  liàngr  ―  light
    尖兒／尖儿  ―  jiānr  ―  tip
    短兒／短儿  ―  duǎnr  ―  fault
  8. Suffix after a limited number of verbs.
    玩兒／玩儿  ―  wánr  ―  to play
    火兒／火儿  ―  huǒr  ―  to be angry
  9. Suffix after certain nouns that result in a different meaning from the unsuffixed form.
    頭兒／头儿  ―  tóur  ―  chief; leader
    白麵兒／白面儿  ―  báimiànr  ―  heroin
    老家兒／老家儿  ―  lǎojiār  ―  one's elders
  10. Suffix after reduplicated adjectives.
    慢慢兒／慢慢儿  ―  mànmānr  ―  slowly
Usage notes
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  • 儿 may be used to specially write erhua (or the rhotic sound) in traditional Chinese, in contrast with 兒／儿 (ér, “child”).
    • 1950, 林濤 (Lin Tao), 定型化新文字 [Dingshinghua Sin Wenz], 2nd edition, 生活·讀書·新知三聯書店:
      有人把拉丁化新文字的方案跟寫法看做神聖不可侵犯的東西，不准有一點儿改變 […]
      There are some who believe that the Latinxua Sin Wenz scheme and spelling are sacred things that should not be violated, and that there must not be even the tiniest bit of change […]
      r念“儿”只有“兒”“二”“而”這幾個字 […]
      When r is read as 儿, the only candidates are "child", "two", and "and" […]
  • 儿 may be written as a smaller character.
    • 1968, 趙元任 (Yuen Ren Chao), 語言問題 [Problems in Linguistics], 臺灣商務印書館, page 83:
      固然平常念一個單字的時候，重音的音節在樂音上也是高一點儿，不過它不一定老是這個樣子。
      Admittedly, when pronouncing a word, the stressed syllable is, musically speaking, also a bit higher-pitched, but this is not necessarily always the case.
    • 2001, 中華人民共和國教育部, 國家語言文字工作委員會, 第一批異形詞整理表 [The First Series of Standardized Forms of Words with Non-standardized Variant Forms]‎[1], archived from the original on 3 August 2019, page 11:
      红果儿（红*菓儿） hóngguǒr
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 兒子 (“son”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 子, 兒, 男兒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 兒子, 男孩, 男孩子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 兒子, 小子
Taiwan 兒子
Chengde 小子
Chifeng 兒子, 小子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 兒子
Heihe 兒子, 小子
Qiqihar 兒子, 小子
Harbin 兒子, 小子
Jiamusi 兒子, 小子
Baicheng 兒子, 小子
Changchun 兒子
Tonghua 兒子, 小子
Shenyang 兒子, 小子
Jinzhou 兒子, 小子
Malaysia 兒子
Singapore 兒子
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 兒子, 小子, 少的
Tangshan 兒子, 小子
Cangzhou 兒子, 小子
Baoding 兒子, 小子
Shijiazhuang 兒得
Lijin 兒, 小廝
Weifang (Weicheng) 兒
Weifang (Fangzi) 兒
Changle 兒
Shouguang 兒
Wulian 小兒
Jinan 兒, 兒子, 小子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 兒子
Dandong 兒子, 小子
Yantai 小子
Yantai (Muping) 兒郎, 兒
Qingdao 兒
Weifang (Hanting) 兒
Changyi 兒
Gaomi 兒
Zhucheng 兒
Anqiu 兒
Linqu 兒
Qingzhou 兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 兒子
Lingbao 兒子
Jining 兒, 兒子
Wanrong 娃, 兒
Linfen 兒
Shangqiu 兒得
Yuanyang 兒子, 小子
Zhengzhou 孩兒, 小子
Xinyang 兒
Baihe 兒子
Xi'an 兒, 兒子
Baoji 兒
Tianshui 兒子, 後人
Xining 兒子, 娃娃, 尕娃
Xuzhou 兒子, 小子
Fuyang 兒子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 兒子, 兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 兒子
Lanzhou 兒子, 後人
Dunhuang 娃子
Hami 兒子
Ürümqi 兒子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 兒子, 兒
Nanchong 兒子
Dazhou 兒子, 娃兒
Hanyuan 兒, 兒子
Xichang 兒, 兒子, 娃娃
Zigong 兒子
Chongqing 兒子, 娃兒, 兒
Wuhan 兒子
Yichang 兒子, 小鬼
Xiangyang 兒子
Tianmen 兒子
Guiyang 兒子, 男娃娃, 男娃兒
Zunyi 娃兒, 兒
Bijie 兒子
Liping 崽
Zhaotong 兒子
Dali 兒子
Kunming 兒子, 小子
Mengzi 兒子
Guilin 崽, 兒子
Liuzhou 崽, 兒子
Sanjiang (Danzhou) 娃崽
Jishou 兒
Changde 兒子
Hanzhong 兒子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 兒子
Yangzhou 兒子
Lianyungang 兒子
Lianshui 兒子
Nantong 侯
Anqing 兒子
Wuhu 兒子
Hefei 兒子
Huanggang 兒
Hong'an 兒, 兒把子
Cantonese Guangzhou 仔
Hong Kong 仔, 阿仔, 仔仔
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 仔
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 仔
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 仔
Macau 仔
Guangzhou (Panyu) 仔
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 仔
Guangzhou (Conghua) 仔
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 仔
Foshan 仔
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 仔
Foshan (Shunde) 仔
Foshan (Sanshui) 仔
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 仔
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 仔
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 仔
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 仔
Zhuhai (Doumen) 仔
Jiangmen (Baisha) 仔
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 仔
Taishan 仔
Kaiping (Chikan) 仔
Enping (Niujiang) 仔
Heshan (Yayao) 仔
Dongguan 仔
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 仔
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 阿仔
Qingyuan 仔
Fogang 仔
Yingde (Hanguang) 仔
Yangshan 仔
Lianshan (Butian) 仔
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 仔
Shaoguan 仔
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 仔
Renhua 仔
Lechang 仔
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 仔
Sihui 仔
Guangning 仔
Deqing 仔
Huaiji 仔
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 仔
Yunfu 仔
Xinxing 仔
Luoding 仔
Yunan (Pingtai) 仔
Yangjiang 仔
Xinyi 仔
Maoming (Xinpo) 仔
Lianjiang 仔
Wuchuan (Wuyang) 仔, 仔兒
Nanning 仔
Wuzhou 仔
Yulin 儂
Hepu (Lianzhou) 仔
Guiping 仔
Mengshan (Xihe) 兒
Guigang (Nanjiang) 儂
Beiliu (Tangliao) 仔
Baise 仔
Bobai 仔
Lingshan 仔
Pubei 仔
Qinzhou 仔
Beihai 仔
Beihai (Nankang) 仔
Beihai (Yingpan) 仔
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 仔
Ningming 仔
Hengzhou 兒
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 仔
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 仔
Danzhou 兒
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 仔
Singapore (Guangfu) 仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 仔
Móng Cái 仔
Gan Nanchang 崽
Lichuan 崽, 子
Pingxiang 崽, 倈牯, 倈
Hakka Meixian 倈仔
Xingning 倈哩
Dabu (Xihe) 倈兒, 子
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 阿仔, 子
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 阿仔
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 阿仔
Huiyang 倈子
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 阿仔
Huidong (Daling) 倈伊
Dongguan (Qingxi) 倈
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 仔
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 仔
Boluo (Bendihua) 阿仔
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 倈
Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) 倈子
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 倈子
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 倈子
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 倈哩
Wuhua (Huacheng) 倈哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 倈哩
Wuhua (Mianyang) 倈哩
Heyuan (Bendihua) 阿仔
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 仔
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 仔
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 仔
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 仔
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) 仔, 阿仔
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 仔
Wengyuan 倈子
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 倈子
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 阿仔
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 仔, 阿仔
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿弟
Liannan 倈子
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 仔
Jiexi 倈
Luhe 倈仔
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 阿子
Changting 倈子, 子哩, 子
Wuping 子哩, 兒子
Wuping (Yanqian) 子哩
Wuping (Pingyu) 倈子
Liancheng 子, 倈倈子
Ninghua 子
Yudu 子
Ningdu 倈子
Ruijin 子
Shicheng 崽
Shangyou (Shexi) 崽, 倈兒
Tonggu (Sandu) 倈子
Ganzhou (Panlong) 崽
Dayu 崽哩
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 倈仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 倈仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 倈仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 倈, 細倈
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 倈仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 後生
Hong Kong 倈子
Yangxi (Tangkou) 子
Yangchun (Sanjia) 仔
Xinyi (Sihe) 仔, 子
Xinyi (Qianpai) 子, 仔
Gaozhou (Xindong) 子
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 子
Huazhou (Xin'an) 子
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 倈子, 子
Lianjiang (Qingping) 子
Mengshan (Xihe) 倈
Luchuan 子
Luchuan (Daqiao) 子
Bobai (Shahe) 子
Beiliu (Tang'an) 倈
Sabah (Bao'an) 倈子
Sabah (Longchuan) 倈哩
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 倈
Senai (Huiyang) 倈子
Singkawang 倈子
Huizhou Jixi 兒子
Shexian 兒子, 伢兒
Huangshan (Tunxi) 兒子
Xiuning 兒子
Yixian 兒子
Qimen 兒子
Wuyuan 兒子, 小倈
Fuliang 崽
Dexing 兒子
Shitai (Xianyu) 兒子
Jin Taiyuan 兒子, 小子
Pingyao 小子
Datong 兒子, 小子
Xinzhou 兒, 小子
Lüliang (Lishi) 兒, 小子
Changzhi 兒得, 孩得
Linhe 兒子, 小子
Jining 小子
Hohhot 兒子, 小子
Erenhot 小子
Pingshan 小子
Zhangjiakou 兒子
Handan 兒子, 小子
Linzhou 孩哦
Suide 兒, 小子
Northern Min Jian'ou 囝, 囝仔
Jian'ou (Dikou) 囝
Songxi 囝
Zhenghe 囝
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 囝
Jianyang 囝
Jianyang (Huangkeng) 囝
Wuyishan 囝
Pucheng (Shibei) 囝
Eastern Min Fuzhou 囝, 丈夫囝
Fuzhou (Changle) 囝
Lianjiang 囝
Fuqing 囝
Pingtan 囝
Yongtai 囝
Minqing 囝
Gutian 囝
Pingnan 囝
Luoyuan 囝
Fu'an 囝
Ningde 囝
Xiapu 囝
Zherong 囝
Shouning 囝
Zhouning 囝
Fuding 囝
Matsu 囝
Southern Min Xiamen 囝, 後生, 後的
Xiamen (Tong'an) 囝, 後生
Quanzhou 囝, 後生, 囡仔
Jinjiang 囝
Nan'an 囝
Shishi 囝
Hui'an 囝
Anxi 囝
Yongchun 囝
Dehua 囝
Zhangzhou 囝, 後生
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 囝, 後生
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 後生
Hua'an 後生, 囝
Nanjing 後生
Pinghe 囝, 後生
Zhangpu 囝, 後生
Yunxiao 後生, 囝
Zhao'an 囝
Dongshan 囝, 後生
Taipei 囝, 後生
New Taipei (Sanxia) 囝, 後生
Kaohsiung 囝, 後生
Yilan 囝, 後生
Changhua (Lukang) 囝, 後生
Taichung 囝, 後生, 後的
Tainan 囝, 後生
Hsinchu 囝, 後生
Kinmen 囝, 後生
Penghu (Magong) 囝, 後生
Penang (Hokkien) 囝, 後生
Singapore (Hokkien) 囝, 後生, 後生囝, 丈夫囝
Manila (Hokkien) 囝, 後生
Longyan 後生, 囝
Zhangping 後生, 囝
Zhangping (Yongfu) 囝, 後生
Datian 囝
Pingnan (Shangdu) 崽
Chaozhou 囝, 逗囝
Shantou 囝, 逗囝
Shantou (Chenghai) 囝, 逗囝
Jieyang 囝, 逗囝, 孥, 阿孥
Lufeng 囝
Haifeng 丈夫囝
Bangkok (Teochew) 逗囝
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 丈夫囝
Singapore (Teochew) 囝, 丈夫囝, 逗囝
Leizhou 囝
Wenchang 囝, 丈夫囝
Haikou 囝, 細囝, 孧囝
Qionghai 囝
Puxian Min Putian 囝
Xianyou 囝
Central Min Yong'an 囝
Sanming (Sanyuan) 囝仔
Sanming (Shaxian) 囝仔
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 囝兒
Guangze 囝兒
Jiangle 囝
Mingxi 囝
Shunchang 囝
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 囝
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 囝
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 崽
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 崽
Shehua Fu'an 仔
Fuding 仔
Luoyuan 仔
Sanming 仔
Shunchang 仔
Hua'an 仔
Guixi (Zhangping) 仔
Cangnan 仔
Jingning (Hexi) 仔
Lishui 仔
Longyou 仔
Chaozhou 仔
Fengshun 仔
Wu Shanghai 兒子
Shanghai (Chongming) 兒子
Suzhou 兒子
Wuxi 兒子
Danyang 兒子
Hangzhou 兒子, 伢兒
Ningbo 兒子
Wenzhou 兒
Jinhua 兒, 兒子
Jinhua (Tangxi) 兒
Xiang Changsha 崽伢子, 崽, 伢子
Xiangtan 崽, 崽伢唧
Loudi 崽
Shuangfeng 崽, 伢唧
Hengyang 崽
Quanzhou 崽

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.
 兒
alternative forms 児
𠒇
𫤘

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 兒
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 五稽切
Baxter ngej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋei/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋei/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋɛj/
Li
Rong 		/ŋei/
Wang
Li 		/ŋiei/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngai4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 兒
Reading # 1/2
No. 2748
Phonetic
component 		兒
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		倪
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋeː/

Definitions

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兒

  1. a surname
  2. Alternative form of 齯 / 𫠜 (ní, “teeth grown in old age”)
  3. Alternative form of 倪 (“small and weak”)
  4. Alternative form of 郳 (ní)

References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

児

Kyūjitai

兒

Kanji

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兒

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 児)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 児 (“child; young of animals”)
  2. Used in personal names.

Readings

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

Korean

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Chinese 兒 (MC nye).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 Recorded as Middle Korean ᅀᅵᆼ (Yale: zì?) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 아ᄒᆡ ᅀᆞ Recorded as Middle Korean ᅀᆞ (zo) (Yale: zò) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575 아ᄒᆡ ᄋᆞ Recorded as Middle Korean ᄋᆞ (o) (Yale: o) in Gwangju Cheonjamun (光州千字文 / 광주천자문), 1575.

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

兒 (eumhun 아이 아 (ai a))

  1. hanja form? of 아 (“child”)

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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From Middle Chinese 兒 (MC ngej).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 Recorded as Middle Korean 옝 (Yale: yey?) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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兒 (eumhun 다시 난 이 예 (dasi nan i ye))

  1. hanja form? of 예 (“used in personal names”)

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]
  • Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 30. [4]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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兒: Hán Việt readings: nhi[1][2][3], nghê[1][4]
兒: Nôm readings: nhẻ[4]

  1. chữ Hán form of nhi (“child”).

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thiều Chửu (1942).
  2. ^ Nguyễn (1974).
  3. ^ Trần (1999).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Trần (2004).
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