兒

See also: 児, 儿, and 皃
兒 U+5152, 兒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5152
← 兑
[U+5151] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 兓 →
[U+5153]

Translingual

Traditional 兒
Shinjitai 児
Simplified 儿

Han character

兒 (radical 10, 儿+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹X竹山 (HXHU), four-corner 77217, composition ⿱臼儿)

References

  • KangXi: page 125, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1365
  • Dae Jaweon: page 265, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 272, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5152

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 兒
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script

j20471

j20472

j20473

j20474

j20475

j20476

j20477

j20478

j20479

j20480

j20481

j20482

j20483

j20484

j20485

j20486

j20487

j20488

j20489

j20490

j20491

j20492

j20493

j20494

j20495

j20496

j20497

j20498

j20499

j20500

j20501

j20502

j20503

j20504

j20505

j20506

j20507

j20508

j20509

j20510

j20511

j20512

j20513

j20514

j20515

j20516

j20517

j20518

j20519

Bronze inscriptions

b13458

b13459

b13460

b13461

b13462

b13463

b13464

b13465

b13466

b13467

Small seal script

s06201

Transcribed ancient scripts

L30087

L30088

L30089

L30090

L30091

L01143

L01144

L01145

L01146

L01147

L01148

L01149

L01150

L01151

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (兒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
掜 *rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
誽 *rŋeː
倪 *ŋeː
蜺 *ŋeː, *ŋeː
霓 *ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː
郳 *ŋeː
齯 *ŋeː
婗 *ŋeː
輗 *ŋeː
棿 *ŋeː
猊 *ŋeː
麑 *ŋeː
貎 *ŋeː
鯢 *ŋeː
兒 *ŋeː, *ŋje
觬 *ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
堄 *ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs
晲 *ŋeːʔ
睨 *ŋeːs
唲 *ŋje
隉 *ŋeːd
鶂 *ŋeːɡ
鬩 *ɦŋeːɡ

Pictogram (象形) : an infant with an imperfect cranium (i.e. fontanelles).

Etymology 1

trad. 兒
simp. 儿*
alt. forms 児

Pronunciation

Note: Pronounced as '-r' in the suffix sense, merging with the previous syllable.
Rime
Character 兒
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 汝移切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ȵiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ȵiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȵʑjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ȵiə̆/
Li
Rong		 /ȵie/
Wang
Li		 /ȵʑǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȵʑie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ér
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 兒
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 ér
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ nye ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋe/
English child

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 兒
Reading # 2/2
No. 2757
Phonetic
component		 兒
Rime
group		 支
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 兒
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋje/

Definitions

兒

  1. † child
  2. † son
  3. Non-syllabic noun diminutive suffix in Mandarin. See erhua.

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 兒
alt. forms 児

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 兒
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 五稽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋei/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋei/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋɛj/
Li
Rong		 /ŋei/
Wang
Li		 /ŋiei/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yí
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 兒
Reading # 1/2
No. 2748
Phonetic
component		 兒
Rime
group		 支
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 倪
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋeː/

Definitions

兒

  1. A surname​.
  2. Alternative form of 齯 (ní, “teeth grown in old age”).
  3. Alternative form of 倪 (ní, “small and weak”).
  4. Alternative form of 郳 (Ní).

Japanese

Shinjitai

 児

Kyūjitai

 兒

Kanji

兒

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 児)

  1. child
  2. young of animals

Readings

References

  • New Nelson: 357
  • Halpern: 2625
  • Halpern Learners: not listed
  • Heisig: not listed
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 4c3.3
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Korean

Hanja

兒 • (a, ye) (hangeul 아, 예)

  1. child

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

兒 (nhi, nghê, nhẻ)

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