Pictograph of a child (人) with an opening in the top of its head (囟). Represents the soft spot (fontanel) at the top of young infant heads. The 囟 component is written like 臼.
Components
Traditional (兒)
囟 Iconic component
xìn fontanel
top of the head
Depicts the gap between the bones in an infant skull.
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Historical Evolution
兒
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
兒
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
兒
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
兒
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
兒
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
兒
Bronze
Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
兒
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
兒
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
兒
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
兒
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
兒
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
兒
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
兒
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
兒
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
兒
Regular
Modern
Chinese
儿 / 兒 [ér]
child; son
儿 / 兒 [r]
non-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex final
Japanese
- child; boy
- I; me (used by children to their parents, etc.)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
児 こさき
Kosaki surname
兒 こだか
Kodaka surname
兒 じ
Ji unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
这儿 [zhèr] #173
here
儿子 [érzi] #321
son
女儿 [nǚ'ér] #406
daughter
哪儿 [nǎr] #255
where?
那儿 [nàr] #344
there
儿童 [értóng] #1,983
child
一会儿 [yīhuìr] #927
a moment
事儿 [shìr] #893
one's employment
点儿 [diǎnr] #708
erhua variant of 點|点[diǎn]
婴儿 [yīng'ér] #1,850
infant
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