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Mythic Mandarin

儿 (ér): meaning and stroke order

儿 (ér) means child, son, non-syllabic diminutive suffix, retroflex final.

儿

Simplified
儿
Traditional
兒
Pinyin
ér · r

Stroke order of 儿

儿

  • ér child; son
  • r non-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex final
  • 2 strokes
  • Traditional form: 兒

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 儿

  1. ér Traditional 兒
    • child
    • son
  2. r Traditional 兒
    • non-syllabic diminutive suffix
    • retroflex final

Radical and structure

儿
Radical 儿 (Kangxi radical 10) · 2 strokes · 丿 on the left, 乚 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 儿

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).