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The kanji 児: meaning, readings and stroke order

児

Meaning
child
On reading
ジ ji、ニ* ni
Kun reading
—
Strokes
7
Radical
儿 legs
Level
Level 4 · grade 4
Old form
兒

Stroke order

Stroke order of 児, 7 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
trẻ em, nhi đồng (nhi)
Japanese
こども。
Korean
아이 (아)
Chinese
儿童、孩子 (儿)

Readings, words and example sentences

ジ ji · on reading

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

Practise writing 児 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 児 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 4 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.