児

EtymologyEdit

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 兒 (臼 → 旧).

Graphically, 旧 + 儿.

Han characterEdit

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

1. son, child, oneself
2. final part

ReferencesEdit

• 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

NounEdit

児 (hiragana こ, romaji ko)

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

Usage notesEdit

This word is more commonly written as 子.

Derived termsEdit

• 良い児
• 売り児
• 乳飲み児

KanjiEdit

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

ReadingsEdit

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

CompoundsEdit

ReferencesEdit

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

HanjaEdit

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

HanziEdit

児 (Pinyin ér (er2), Wade-Giles erh²)