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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<comp char='臼' uni='81FC' points='18,0 110,62' />
<comp char='儿' uni='513F' variant='6' points='0,62 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='臼' uni='81FC' points='8,0 120,120'>
<stroke type='p' points='46,0 0,30' />
<stroke type='s' points='0,28 0,128' tail='long' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,74 48,74' head='cut' />
<stroke type='hz' points='78,24 128,24 128,128' tail='long' />
<stroke type='h' points='80,74 128,74' tail='cut' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' head='cut' tail='cut' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='儿' uni='513F' variant='6' points='0,42 128,128' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='wp' points='46,0 0,128' head='cut' tail='long' />
<stroke type='swg' points='82,0 82,81 95,114 128,114 128,52' head='cut' />
<!-- variant based on [U+E7CF](V=0) -->
</cdl>
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Unicode: U+5152
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