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
2 strokes
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

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 (rén).

Also simplified from 兒 (elimination of 臼 (jiù)).

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:

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)

  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.

Vietnamese

Han character

儿: Hán Nôm readings: nhân, nhi

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References
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