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 Dictionary: 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

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 (rén).

Also simplified from 兒 (elimination of 臼).

In the character 亮, the standing person 儿 was corrupted into 几. Unrelated to 匹.

Etymology 1

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

Japanese

Kanji

儿

(Hyōgai kanji)

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.

Korean

Hanja

儿 (eumhun 사람 인 (saram in))

1. person

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

儿: Hán Nôm readings: nhân, nhi

Noun

儿

1. chữ Hán form of nhi (“Kangxi radical 10 - ‘legs’”).

Usage notes

Appears only as a radical.

References

• Nom Foundation