儿

See also: ㄦ, 几, and 兒

Contents

TranslingualEdit

Traditional	兒
Shinjitai	児
Simplified	儿

Stroke order

EtymologyEdit

Historical forms of the character 儿
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) – a standing person. Compare 人.

Also Simplified from 兒 (elimination of 臼)

Han characterEdit

儿 (radical 10 儿+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 中山 (LU), four-corner 2201₀, composition ⿰丿乚)

1. Kangxi radical #10, ⼉ ‎(“legs”).

DescendantsEdit

• ㄦ, 完, 亮

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 123, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1336
• Dae Jaweon: page 257, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 264, character 4
• Unihan data for U+513F

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ChineseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 儿 – see 兒 (“child”). (This character, 儿, is the simplified form of 兒.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Etymology 2Edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 儿 – see 人. (This character, 儿, is an ancient form of 人.)

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

儿

(Radical)

1. legs radical にんにょう, ひとあし

ReadingsEdit

• On: じん (jin), にん (nin)
• Kun: がい (gai), にんにょう (ninnyou)

ReferencesEdit

JIS: 5139 Kuten: 4925 Shift JIS: 9958 EUC-JP: D1B9 Frequency: radical Nelson: not listed

New Nelson: 340 Halpern: 4 Halpern Learners: not listed Heisig: not listed Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 0a2.2

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

Usage notesEdit

儿 appears only as a radical in Japanese.

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

儿 • ‎(in, gwe) (hangeul 인, 궤, revised in, gwe, McCune-Reischauer in, kwe)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

儿 (nhân, nhi)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

ReferencesEdit

• Nom Foundation