Chinese Character Wiki
兒

ér, r

son

Pictograph of a child (人) with an opening in the top of its head (囟). Represents the soft spot (fontanel) at the top of young infant heads. The 囟 component is written like 臼.

Components
囟 iconic component

囟  Iconic component

xìn

  

fontanel

Depicts the gap between the bones in an infant skull.

人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

Depicts a human.

Evolution

兒 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
兒 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
兒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
兒 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
兒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

儿 (兒) 

ér

son, child, oneself; final part; child; son

儿 (兒) 

r

non-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex final

Most common words with 兒
Freq.
Word
Meaning

儿

retroflex final

这儿

here

儿子

son

女儿

daughter

哪儿

where?

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

倪 霓

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

睨 鬩 阋 猊 鯢 鲵

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ŋe

nye

ér

child


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 97.1648% of movies

76th most common character in movies

192nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Simplified

儿

Unicode

U+5152

Shuowen

“兒，孺子也。从儿，象小兒頭囟未合。”


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