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儿 ér — “child, son”
How to write and say the Chinese character 儿 (ér), which means child, son — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Family & people.
Pinyin · 拼音 ér
Meaning · 意思 child, son
Strokes · 笔画 2
Radical · 部首 儿 (legs)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
儿 is written with 2 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
A little picture: simplified form of 兒, a picture of a child; compare 人.
A common word常用词
儿子
son
Example sentence例句
鸟儿在天上飞。
Birds fly in the sky.
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