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兒

兒 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. おさない、子供。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。子供を象るが、上部の由来は未詳。「こども」を意味する漢語｛兒｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

child, young of animals

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジ
  • ニ
  • ゲイ
Kun (native)
  • こ
Nanori (used in names)
  • ちご
Other languages
  • 拼音er2
  • 拼音er1
  • 한글a
  • Hán-ViệtNhi
  • Hán-ViệtNghê

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
儿(ひとあし)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5152

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱臼儿

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-2
Four Corner
7721.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4c3.3
Nelson
3850