漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
児: newborn babe, child
Also: young of animals
JLPT N27 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
儿 carries the meaning · 旧 is drawn in
7 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ジji · on'yomi · in compounds
- 児童じどうchildren, juvenile
- 園児えんじkindergarten pupil
- 幼児ようじinfant, baby, child
- 乳児にゅうじinfant, suckling baby
- 育児いくじchildcare, nursing, upbringing
- 胎児たいじembryo
- 二歳児にさいじtwo-year-old
- 産児制限さんじせいげんbirth control
ニni · on'yomi
- 小児科しょうにかpediatrics
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 稚児ちごchild in a festival procession
Also read ゲイ, こ, -こ, -っこ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand tall on your own two feet! This radical represents the physical foundation of a person—their legs and their incredible ability to walk, stand firm, and move through the world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
旧
Also built on old times (旧)
Also read ゲイ
4 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side児 newborn babe · 旧 + 儿
vs伸 expand · 亻 + 申In ChineseSimplified 儿 · traditional 兒 · ér
Three different forms: Japanese 児, simplified 儿, traditional 兒.
- Simplified
- 儿 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 兒 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin ér most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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