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

兒

  • Meaning

    兒 means "child, son, young man."

    1. Child - A young person; an infant.

    2. Son - A male child.

    3. Youth - A young person.

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    • Verified meaning: child, son, young man
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read こだか, じ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 兒

    Surnames 兒(こだか)Listen 兒(じ)Listen

  • 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

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    gei(ゲイ) ゲイ

    ji(ジ) ジ

    ni(ニ) ニ

  • Kunyomi

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    ko(こ) こ

  • Strokes

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    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    儿 (ninnyo・hitoashi)

  • Related Keywords

    child son young man youth baby infant juvenile offspring descendant toddler boy girl

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