Zi:兒

兒(S​儿) [ér] child; 兒​子 son; ​女兒 daughter [r] (n. suf.) ​小​孩兒 xiǎoháir child; (HDZ:) … [ní] ​齯; ​倪=​婗

2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►²ér ​儿[​兒] {E} b.f. ①child ►értóng 儿童 ②youth ③son ►érzi 儿子 ④male ◆n. (my) child (spoken by parent to child); (your) child (spoken by child to parent in self-reference)
►r ​儿[​兒] {E} suf. ((diminutive) non-syllabic retroflex suffix; pronunciation feature in Beijing dialect) ‖ pén∼ 盆∼ basin ‖ dìfāng xiǎochī∼ 地方小吃∼ regional taste treats ‖ wán∼ 玩∼ have fun; play ‖ zhè∼ 这∼ here ‖ mànmàn∼ de 慢慢∼地 slowly

The Shuōwén Seal form of 兒(​𠒆) ér ‘child’ combines ​儿 rén ‘person’ (two legs of a toddler, bent/struggling under the weight), and a shape ​臼 signifying the ​囟(​𦥓​𠚁) xìn ‘fontanelle’ (child's head with soft spot).
    Note: In the modern form 兒 (wr. ​儿 among simplified characters) the top part is wr. ​臼, formerly ​囟; in old graphs it suggests that the child is ​𠚒 teething.
    Compare: ​齿/​齒(​𠚒​𦥒​𠚕) chǐ ‘tooth/teeth’ (​臼​齿 ‘molars’); ​𫠜/​齯 ní ‘wisdom teeth’ (or teething), formerly wr. 兒.
    Compare: ​臼 jiù ‘mortar’; ​舂(​𦦓) chōng ‘hull/grind grain (with mortar & pestle)’; ​臽(​𦥢) xiàn ‘pit/ditch’.
    Compare: ​凶 xiōng ‘terrible/disastrous’; ​兇 xiōng ‘fearful/violent’.
    “[兒] An infant; ​孺​子​也, ​从​儿, ​从​囟, ​會​意。​儿​古​文​人​像, ​囟​小兒​頭。A ​儿 body and a ​囟 head opened in the form of ​臼, representing a skull, the fontanels of which are not yet closed” —Wieger.
    HDZ: 兒 : ér : ​小​孩 (​婴​儿, ​幼​儿, ​儿​童) (cf. ​婗); ​儿​子; (​称​呼) ​尊​长​对​幼​辈​的​称​呼; (​蔑​称) ​也​用​作​轻​蔑​之​称; ​男​青​年; ​雄​性​的 (​牲​畜​等); (​自​称) ​子​女​对​父​母​的​自​称; (​古) (​自​称) ​妇​人​自​称; (​助​词) ((​后​缀) ​微​小 (​盘​儿, ​棍​儿, ​小​帽​儿; ​小​车​儿); (​唱​儿, ​逗​笑​儿; ​亮​儿, ​零​碎​儿); (​口​儿, ​门​儿); (​白​面​儿, ​老​家​儿; ​玩​儿, ​火​儿); (​多​儿)); (​姓) • ní : ​齯: ​老​人​牙​齿​落​尽​后​更​生​的​细​齿; ​倪=​婗: ​弱​小
(Explanation from the entry for the simple form ​儿:) The simple-form character ​儿 is an abbrev. of the full form 兒, omitting the top component ​臼; the two forms ​儿/兒 are traditionally distinct, ​儿 being the bottom part of 兒; cf. 兒(​􁝔​𠒆).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of ​儿(​􁝒) rén ‘person’ is a variant wr. of ​人(​􁕎) rén ‘person’, used as the bottom ‘two legs’ of many characters (and hence it is curved/bent, under the weight).
    Compare: ​元(​􀀂), ​无(​􂍻), ​先(​􁝦), ​光(​􁮰​灮), ​兑/​兌(​􁝖), ​充(​􁝗), ​见/​見(​􁝪), ​竟(​􀝀), …
    ​儿 is tenth of the 214 radicals (​人 is 9th).
    Note: The full form 兒 Ní (surname) is retained in simple-form texts (GFC).
    HDZ: ​儿 : rén : ​人 • ér : (​简​体) 兒
   
►references: Karlgren:GSR873a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.272.5; Mathews:1759; Guǎngyùn:045.33,089.57; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:125.03; EDOC:1
►components: ​臼​儿​
►Cantonese: yih\
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Unicode: U+5152
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