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儿
兒
ér
1. son
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 2 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

儿
ér
son, child
HSK 1 2 丶

Compound Words (20)

乞儿
qǐér
beggar
干儿
gānér
adopted son
个儿
gèr
size
健儿
jiànér
top athlete
儿化
érhuà
nonsyllabic final r [[儿]] added to a word in spoken Chinese
儿女
érnǚ
children
儿媳
érxí
daughter-in-law
儿孙
érsūn
descendant
儿戏
érxì
child's play
儿时
érshí
childhood
儿歌
érgē
nursery rhyme
儿科
érkē
pediatrics
儿童
értóng
child
HSK 4
儿马
érmǎ
stallion
可儿
kěér
a person after one's heart (charming person)
哥儿
gēr
brothers
妻儿
qīér
wife and child
娃儿
wáér
children (colloquial)
娇儿
jiāoér
beloved son
婴儿
yīngér
infant
HSK 6

Alternate Entries

儿
r
non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
191
Word Frequency Rank
51 of 84,292
Radical Number
10

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