Read Edit View history Discussion 兒 érrní son Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a child (人) with an opening in the top of its head (囟). Represents the soft spot (fontanel) at the top of young infant heads. The 囟 component is written like 臼. Pinyin Separate values with commas r ×ér × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 儿 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts the gap between the bones in an infant skull. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 兒 Simp strokes 兒 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a human. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 兒 Simp strokes 兒 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 兒 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 392, 821 ], [ 413, 800 ], [ 422, 781 ], [ 369, 712 ], [ 299, 641 ], [ 300, 633 ] ], [ [ 230, 634 ], [ 260, 612 ], [ 271, 593 ], [ 331, 347 ] ], [ [ 325, 518 ], [ 348, 511 ], [ 423, 523 ], [ 444, 521 ] ], [ [ 551, 690 ], [ 568, 685 ], [ 707, 697 ], [ 729, 677 ], [ 740, 655 ], [ 714, 581 ], [ 671, 402 ], [ 655, 378 ], [ 634, 377 ] ], [ [ 513, 535 ], [ 612, 547 ], [ 655, 545 ], [ 667, 536 ] ], [ [ 350, 359 ], [ 369, 373 ], [ 574, 399 ], [ 618, 399 ] ], [ [ 387, 350 ], [ 416, 318 ], [ 379, 233 ], [ 344, 176 ], [ 298, 121 ], [ 241, 72 ], [ 178, 30 ], [ 132, 8 ] ], [ [ 501, 369 ], [ 528, 352 ], [ 547, 331 ], [ 537, 190 ], [ 542, 105 ], [ 559, 54 ], [ 598, 23 ], [ 647, 7 ], [ 713, 0 ], [ 814, 6 ], [ 862, 18 ], [ 895, 38 ], [ 907, 182 ] ] ], 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