児

児

See also: 兒 and 儿

児 U+5150, 児 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5150 ← 兏 [U+514F] CJK Unified Ideographs 兑 → [U+5151]

Translingual

Traditional	兒
Shinjitai	児
Simplified	儿

Glyph origin

Variant of 兒.

Han character

Stroke order

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

Derived characters

• 𭸍, 𥆩

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 125, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1364
• Dae Jaweon: page 265, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 270, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5150

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Chinese

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

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Japanese

Shinjitai	児
Kyūjitai	兒

Kanji

児

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

Readings

• Go-on: に (ni, Jōyō ^†); げ (ge)
• Kan-on: じ (ji, Jōyō); げい (gei)
• Kun: こ (ko, 児)
• Nanori: る (ru)

Noun

児(こ) • (ko) 

1. Alternative form of 子

Usage notes

This word is more commonly written as 子.

Derived terms

• 良い児
• 売り児
• 乳飲み児

Compounds

Derived terms

• 児童
• 愛児
• 育児
• 遺児
• 嬰児
• 園児
• 革命児
• 過熟児
• 奇形児
• 驕児
• 虚弱児
• 麒麟児
• 健康児
• 健児
• 幸運児
• 黄口児
• 混血児
• 逆児
• 産児
• 蚕児
• 死児
• 私生児
• 肢体不自由児
• 小児
• 初生児
• 新生児
• 情緒障害児
• 女児
• 人工栄養児
• 精神薄弱児
• 精薄児
• 早産児
• 早生児
• 双生児
• 男児
• 稚児
• 遅進児
• 知的障害児
• 乳呑児
• 寵児
• 低能児
• 天才児
• 豚児
• 蕩児
• 乳臭児
• 乳児
• 乳幼児
• 熱血児
• 反逆児
• 肥満児
• 風雲児
• 浮浪児
• 亡児
• 未熟児
• 問題児
• 遊蕩児
• 優良児
• 幼児
• 流行児
• 胎児
• 棄児
• 孤児
• 児戯
• 託児施設
• 託児所
• 児女
• 児曹
• 児孫
• 兵児帯
• 鹿児島県
• 児童

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Korean

Hanja

児 (eumhun 아이 아 (ai a))

1. Alternative form of 兒 (“Hanja form^? of 아 (“child”).”)

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 27.