Zi:儿

儿(F​兒) [ér] child; 儿​子 son; ​女儿 daughter; (radical 10, 儿​部) [r] (n. suf.) ​小​孩儿 xiǎoháir child; (HDZ:) … [rén] ​人 [ní] cf. ​兒

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 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: Wieger:29a; Karlgren:AD12,931; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.264.4; Mathews:3098; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:123.01; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:001.1.03; Wáng(1993):126; EDOC:0
►Cantonese: yih\
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Unicode: U+513F
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