児

See also: 兒 and 儿

児	U+5150, 児 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5150

← 兏
[U+514F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

兑 →
[U+5151]

Translingual

Traditional	兒
Shinjitai	児
Simplified	儿

Glyph origin

Variant of 兒.

Han character

Stroke order

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

Derived characters

𭸍, 𥆩, 𰃎

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)

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

[noun] a child

[noun] (figuratively) a girl, especially a dear or desired one (compare use of English baby, babe)

[noun] (endearing) creature

[noun] a smaller or younger version of a bigger object

[noun] (hanafuda, card games, by extension, board games, gambling) person who is dealt cards

[prefix] an object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object

[suffix] 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)

[suffix] (rare) suffix used in male given names

[suffix] an object having a particular state or property (sometimes diminutive)

[suffix] roe (only when preceded by a fish name, or fish-related prefix)

[proper noun] 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))

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

References

Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 27. [1]