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U+513F, 儿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-513F

CJK Unified Ideographs
U+2F09, ⼉
KANGXI RADICAL LEGS

Kangxi Radicals

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified
Stroke order
2 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 10, +0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 中山 (LU), four-corner 22010, composition 丿)

  1. Kangxi radical #10, .

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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
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 (rén).

Also simplified from (elimination of ).

In the character 亮, the standing person 儿 was corrupted into 几. Unrelated to .

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“child; one's own child; son; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of ).
Notes:

Usage notes

  • May be used to specially write erhua (or the rhotic sound) in traditional Chinese, in contrast with (ér, “child”).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“man; person; people; a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  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

appears only as a radical in Japanese.

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 사람 (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

: Hán Nôm readings: nhân, nhi

Noun

  1. chữ Hán form of nhi (Kangxi radical 10 - ‘legs).

Usage notes

Appears only as a radical.

References