儿

See also: ㄦ, ル, 几, and 兒

儿 U+513F, 儿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-513F ← 儾 [U+513E] CJK Unified Ideographs 兀 → [U+5140]

⼉ U+2F09, ⼉ KANGXI RADICAL LEGS ← ⼈ [U+2F08] Kangxi Radicals ⼊ → [U+2F0A]

Translingual

Traditional	兒
Shinjitai	児
Simplified	儿

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

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

1. Kangxi radical #10, ⼉.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/儿
• 尣, 圥, 灮, 皃, 見(见), 完, 羌, 虎, 亮, 竟, 匹

Related characters

• 兒 (Traditional form of 儿)

Descendants

• ㄦ (Zhuyin alphabet)

References

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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儿
Shang		Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a standing person. A radical form of 人.

Also simplified from 兒 (elimination of 臼).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 儿 – see 兒 (“child; one's own child; son; etc.”). (This character, 儿, is the simplified form of 兒.)

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

Usage notes

• May be used to specially write erhua (or the rhotic sound) in traditional Chinese, in contrast with 兒／儿 (ér, “child”).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 儿 – see 人 (“man; person; people; a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er; etc.”). (This character, 儿, is a variant form of 人.)

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Japanese

Kanji

儿

(Radical)

1. Kangxi radical for leg

   Synonyms: 人繞 (ninnyō), 人足 (hitoashi)

Readings

• On (unclassified): じん (jin); にん (nin)
• Kun: がい (gai); にんにょう (ninnyō)

Usage notes

儿 appears only as a radical in Japanese.

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

儿: Hán Nôm readings: nhân, nhi

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References

• Nom Foundation