rénérr

child

Simplified form of . Variant form of , a pictograph of a human.

Evolution

儿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
儿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

rén

variant of [rén]; "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in , , etc

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ér

son, child, oneself; final part; child; son

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r

non-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex final

Most common words with 儿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

retroflex final

这儿

here

儿子

son

女儿

daughter

哪儿

where?

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

禿

Iconic component in 3 characters (2 verified)

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 97.1648% of movies

76th most common character in movies

192nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Traditional

Unicode

U+513F

Shuowen

“儿,仁人也。古文奇字人也。象形。孔子曰:在人下,故詰屈。”


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