児

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See also: 兒 and 儿
児 U+5150, 児
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5150
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 兑 →

Translingual

Traditional 兒
Shinjitai 児
Simplified 儿

Glyph origin

Variant of 兒.

Han character

Stroke order
7 strokes

児 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 中日竹山 (LAHU), composition ⿱旧儿)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 125, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1364
  • Dae Jaweon: page 265, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 270, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5150

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 児 – see 兒 (“child; one's own child; son; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 兒).

Japanese

Shinjitai

児

Kyūjitai

兒

Kanji

児

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 兒)

  1. newborn baby
  2. child
  3. young of animals

Readings

  • Go-on: に (ni, Jōyō †)、げ (ge)
  • Kan-on: じ (ji, Jōyō)、げい (gei)
  • Kun: こ (ko, 児)
  • Nanori: る (ru)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
児
こ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
兒 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 児 – see the following entry.
【子こ】1
a child
(figuratively) a girl, especially a dear or desired one (compare use of English baby, babe)
(endearing) creature
a smaller or younger version of a bigger object
(hanafuda, card games, by extension, board games, gambling) person who is dealt cards
an object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object
suffix used in female given names, such as 智子 (​Tomoko), 英子 (​Eiko), 秀子 (​Hideko), 美奈子 (​Minako), 有希子 (​Yukiko)
(rare) suffix used in male given names
an object having a particular state or property (sometimes diminutive)
roe (only when preceded by a fish name, or fish-related prefix)
a surname
Alternative spelling
娘
(This term, 児, is an alternative spelling (uncommon) of the above term.)

Usage notes

This word is more commonly written as 子.

Derived terms

Compounds

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

児 (eumhun 아이 아 (ai a))

  1. Alternative form of 兒 (“hanja form? of 아 (“child”)”)

References

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