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兒

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

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TranslingualEdit

Traditional 兒
Shinjitai 児
Simplified 儿

Han characterEdit

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

Derived charactersEdit

Related charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

Wikidata has structured data related to:

Wikidata

  • 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

ChineseEdit

Glyph originEdit

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
           
Oracle bone script
 

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

Bronze inscriptions
 

b13458

 

b13459

 

b13460

 

b13461

 

b13462

 

b13463

 

b13464

 

b13465

 

b13466

 

b13467

Small seal script
 

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 1Edit

trad. 兒
simp. 儿*
variant forms 児

PronunciationEdit

Note: Pronounced as '-r' in the suffix sense, merging with the previous syllable.
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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵiə̆/
Li
Rong 		/ȵie/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ér
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/

DefinitionsEdit

兒

  1. ⁜ child
  2. ⁜ one's own child; son
    Synonyms: See 兒子#Synonyms
  3. (Classical Chinese) male adolescent
  4. Non-syllabic noun diminutive suffix in Mandarin. See erhua.

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 兒

Etymology 2Edit

simp. and trad.
 兒
variant forms 児

PronunciationEdit

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋei/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋei/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋɛj/
Li
Rong 		/ŋei/
Wang
Li 		/ŋiei/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yí
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/

DefinitionsEdit

兒

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

JapaneseEdit

Shinjitai

児

Kyūjitai

兒

KanjiEdit

兒

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 児)

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

ReadingsEdit

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

兒 • (a, ye) (hangeul 아, 예)

  1. child

CompoundsEdit

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

兒: Hán Việt readings: nhi
兒: Nôm readings: nhi, nghê, nhẻ

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