Kanji Detail for 兒 - "child, son, young man"

兒

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
兒 means "child, son, young man."
1. Child - A young person; an infant.
2. Son - A male child.
3. Youth - A young person.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

child; young of animals

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

son, child, oneself; final part

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

child; son

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

son, child

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

A child. Males are called 兒; females are called 嬰. Now young children are generally called 小兒. | Son. Children address themselves as 兒 to their parents. | A suffix. Often used in colloquial speech. Such as 花兒 (flower), 朶兒 (blossom). | A surname. In Han dynasty there was Er Kuan.
Onyomi

gei(ゲイ)

ji(ジ)

ni(ニ)
Kunyomi

ko(こ)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

儿 (ninnyo・hitoashi)
Related Keywords
child son young man youth baby infant juvenile offspring descendant toddler boy girl