字の旅3,000 years in three forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCETaken from the 兒
Oracle bone and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Human Body & People
儿
儿 human legs
ひとあし hitoashi
2 strokesRadical of 12 kanjiPart of 17
Your ink in 儿0% painted · 0 of 12 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
A standing person. A radical form of 人.
Source: Wiktionary, 儿 (rev. 91573996), CC BY-SA 4.0
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. When you see it at the bottom of a kanji, think of the person's physical stance, their stability, or the very act of journeying. It provides the "legs" that support the character's entire meaning.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates a person's physical presence, movement (walking/running), standing firm, or the conceptual foundation of a human action.
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 儿, with sourced origins
一覧
Every kanji with 儿 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 12 kanji