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儿

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child; son

2 strokes Dict coverage rank #20 U+513F

How 儿 is formed

Pictograph (象形字)

Simplified form of 兒, a picture of a child; compare 人

components: 丿 乚

How to remember it

youngster · Heisig RSH #56

— as a component also called: human legs

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 儿

WordPinyinMeaning
不儿 bú r (coll.) no (contracted form of 不是[bu4 shi4])
儿子 ér zi son
子儿 zǐ r (coll.) penny; buck
人儿 rén r figurine
一水儿 yī shuǐ r (coll.) of the same type; identical
头儿 tóu r leader
地儿 dì r place; space
天儿 tiān r the weather
儿马 ér mǎ (coll.) male horse; stallion
一会儿 yī huì r a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5]
大气儿 dà qì r erhua variant of 大氣|大气[da4 qi4]
小儿 xiǎo ér young child; (humble) my son
小儿 xiǎo r (coll.) early childhood; (coll.) baby boy
家儿 jiā ér (old) child, particularly referring to the son who resembles his father
面人儿 miàn rén r dough figurine
儿化 ér huà (Chinese phonetics) to rhotacize a syllable final; to apply r-coloring to the final of a s…
一下儿 yī xià r erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]
花儿 huā ér style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia; CL:首[shou3]
花儿 huā r erhua variant of 花[hua1]
不儿道 bū r dào (dialect) contracted form of 不知道[bu4 zhi1 dao4]