儿 ér child

Made up of [儿 ér legs radical 10]
Alternative traditional form of character: 兒
Made with 2 strokes.
The character has been recently reduced to just a pair of legs, indicating a toddler
Ancient small seal form Small seal

Related characters


Also uses 儿 ér component: 光 guāng (light) 见 jiàn (see) ; 克 kè (to be able to) ; 免 miǎn (to escape) ; 兔 tù (rabbit) ; 先 xiān (first) ; 兄 xiōng (elder brother) ; 元 yuán (primary) ; 真 zhēn (really)

Sounds same

儿 ér (legs) ; 而 ér (as well as)

Different tone

耳 ěr (ear) ; 尔 ěr (thus) ; 二 èr (two)

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stroke order for 儿
Stroke order for character 儿, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚

Proverbs

儿行千里母担忧 ér xíng qiān lǐ mǔ dān yōu Mothers will always worry about their children
也要马儿好,也要马儿不吃草 yě yaò mǎ ér haǒ, yě yaò mǎ ér bù chī caǒ To prosper you must make compromises, you can not have it all your own way
一步一个脚印儿 yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìnr Work steadily one step at a time in order to make solid progress
倒绷孩儿 dào bēng hái ér Accidentally wrapping a new-born baby the wrong way round. Said of someone who though skilled can sometimes make mistakes. An occasional error out of character.