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)

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

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.)

Japanese

Kanji

儿

(Radical)

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))

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.

Vietnamese

Han character

儿: Hán Nôm readings: nhân, nhi

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References

Nom Foundation