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兒
兒
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Translingual
| Traditional | 兒 |
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| Shinjitai | 児 |
| Simplified | 儿 |
Han character
兒 (radical 10 儿+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹X竹山 (HXHU), four-corner 77217, composition ⿱臼儿)
References
- KangXi: page 125, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1365
- Dae Jaweon: page 265, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 272, character 5
- Unihan data for U+5152
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 兒
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (兒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 掜 | *rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ |
| 誽 | *rŋeː |
| 倪 | *ŋeː |
| 蜺 | *ŋeː, *ŋeː |
| 霓 | *ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː |
| 郳 | *ŋeː |
| 齯 | *ŋeː |
| 婗 | *ŋeː |
| 輗 | *ŋeː |
| 棿 | *ŋeː |
| 猊 | *ŋeː |
| 麑 | *ŋeː |
| 貎 | *ŋeː |
| 鯢 | *ŋeː |
| 兒 | *ŋeː, *ŋje |
| 觬 | *ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ |
| 堄 | *ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs |
| 晲 | *ŋeːʔ |
| 睨 | *ŋeːs |
| 唲 | *ŋje |
| 隉 | *ŋeːd |
| 鶂 | *ŋeːɡ |
| 鬩 | *ɦŋeːɡ |
Pictogram (象形) : an infant with an imperfect cranium (i.e. fontanelles). The 臼 here is a variant/corruption of 囟.
Etymology 1
| trad. | 兒 | |
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| simp. | 儿 | |
| alt. forms | 児 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ji4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yì
- Min Nan (POJ): lî / jî
- Wu (Wiktionary): hher (T3); nyi (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄦˊ
- Wade-Giles: êrh2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: elr
- IPA (key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵/
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- Note: Pronounced as '-r' in the suffix sense, merging with the previous syllable.
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ji4
- Yale: yìh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji4
- IPA (key): /jiː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
- Hakka Romanization System: iˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yi2
- IPA: /i¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yi2
- IPA: /(j)i¹¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî
- Tâi-lô: lî
- Phofsit Daibuun: lii
- IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî
- Tâi-lô: jî
- Phofsit Daibuun: jii
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi¹³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /d͡ʑi²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hher (T3); nyi (T3)
- IPA (key): /ɦəɻ²³/, /ȵi²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
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| Character | 兒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 汝移切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ȵiᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ȵiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȵʑjɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ȵiə̆/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȵie/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȵʑǐe/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȵʑie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
ér |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 兒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
ér |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ nye › |
| Old Chinese |
/*ŋe/ |
| English | child |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 兒 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 2757 |
| Phonetic component |
兒 |
| Rime group |
支 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
兒 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ŋje/ |
Definitions
兒
Compounds
Derived terms from 兒
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Etymology 2
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simp. and trad. |
兒 | |
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| alt. forms | 児 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
- Wade-Giles: nih2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
- IPA (key): /ni³⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ngai4
- Yale: ngàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngai4
- IPA (key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
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| Character | 兒 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 五稽切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ŋei/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ŋei/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ŋɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ŋɛj/ |
| Li Rong |
/ŋei/ |
| Wang Li |
/ŋiei/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ŋiei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yí |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 兒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 2748 |
| Phonetic component |
兒 |
| Rime group |
支 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
倪 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ŋeː/ |
Definitions
兒
- A surname.
- Alternative form of 齯 (ní, “teeth grown in old age”).
- Alternative form of 倪 (ní, “small and weak”).
- Alternative form of 郳.
Japanese
Kanji
兒
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 児)
Readings
References
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- Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.
Korean
Hanja
兒 • (a,ye) (hangeul 아,예, revised a,ye, McCune-Reischauer a,ye)