The Chinese Radical: 儿


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Meaning
legs    儿

Explanation Simplified from with the meaning 'son'. In the explanations used as 'two legs'.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
fragment, child
ér, er
This character consists simplified of the radical for: "legs" Traditionally it was:
Two separated legs as fragments or child.
JLPT HSK 1
a sleep, a nap, feel, find that, awake, aware
jiào, jué
From top: light rays , cover: , to see /見 (= an eye on legs )
When the sunshin falls through the cover on your seeing eyes you awake: from sleep.
JLPT HSK 2
complete, to finish, whole, entire
wán
Top: roof , bottom: origin, chin. Yuan (two legs )
(A building is complete when it has a roof. Thus:) A roof needs an origin (= groundwork, seating) to be finished and complete.
JLPT HSK 3
border, boundary, place, circumstances
jìng
Left: earth , right: actually (standing , sun and legs )
The earth remains standing, while the sun continues to go: We are at the border.
JLPT HSK 3
Yuan, Chinese monetary unit, primary, first
yuán

Shows two legs , perhaps as they move like the circulation of the Yuan?
JLPT HSK 4
to subdue, to overthrow, gram

Top: ten , below: older brother (A big mouth on feet )
(The inferior must leave the battle-field, such as to run away using the legs:) The old gets legs , if it is subdued.
JLPT HSK 4
to avoid, to escape, to excuse sb, to avert
miǎn
An escaping rabbit 兔: long ear , big eyes 罒, legs but without tail (a rabbit on the run)
With a big ear, goggle-eyes and two long legs you can escape.
JLPT HSK 4
-less, not to have, no, none, to lack, un-

Composed of two (here as: crossed out) and legs
Legs crossed out twice as: negative.
JLPT HSK 4
light, ray, bright, merely, to use up
guāng
Combination of fire and legs . The legs stand for transportability of the fire (i.e. in a lantern)
The fire which can be transported stands for light.
JLPT HSK 4
tiger

Top: tiger (pictograph: jumping tiger with protruding teeth), below: hind legs
Only a tiger on hind legs is a real tiger.
JLPT HSK 4
to permit, to allow, grant, fair
yǔn
Top: nose , below: legs
Who has a nose and legs shall be permitted.
JLPT HSK 4
actually, unexpectedly, indeed
jìng
Top: sound (Stand/Get up into the day with sounds [of the alarm clock]), bottom: legs
(My knee is cracking!) Sounds in the legs? Actually?
JLPT HSK 5
satisfy, fulfill, substitute
chōng
Top: newborn baby (child turned upside down, because at birth with head first), below: legs - Here: see similarity to flow/stream 流
The new born baby flounders with his legs to be 'filled' [= fed] and thus be satisfied.
JLPT HSK 5
context, to gather, to unite, whole
tǒng
Left: thread 纟/, right: satisfy, to fill 充 (The newborn baby [= child upside down, because it comes with the head first] flounders with his legs to be 'filled' [= fed] and thus be satisfied. (cf.流)
Threads are satisfying if they are in a context. (i.e. woven)
JLPT HSK 5
elder brother
xiōng
A mouth and feet
A "big mouth on legs" is my older brother.
JLPT HSK 5
rabbit

avoid/escape (an escaping rabbit 兔: long ears , big eyes 罒, legs ) and further short tail
It can 'escape' and has a short tail: The rabbit.
JLPT HSK 6
omen, to foretell, trillion (10^12), tera-
zhào
Pictograph: cracks in a turtle shell (was used in ancient China for divination)
The cracked turtle shell shows a trillion signs.
JLPT HSK 6
bag, pocket, to take responsibility
dōu
Inside: white , outside: handles コ, and legs (or tassels ..)
A white bag with handles and tassels.
JLPT HSK 6
political party, association, society
dǎng
Top: still/esteem (A small house with a window is furthermore esteemed.), below: legs (or: elder brother = A big mouth on feet )
I have esteem for my elder brother's party.
JLPT HSK 6
apprehensive, to be fearful, tremble
jīng
Twice: subdue 克 (The old gets legs , when it is subdued)
Being doubly subdued is apprehensive.
JLPT no HSK
(tiger)-stripes, a tiger-cat, streaks, veins
biāo
Left: tiger 虎 (= tiger on the hind legs ), right: hair
The tiger's hair have stripes.
JLPT no HSK
rising to a height, towering, bald


Up to the measuring line are the legs , that's how high he is risen.
JLPT no HSK
feeble, tiny, young and weak

Left: person , right: fragment, child / (simplified to , with mortar and legs )
The person, who is like a 'child' is: feeble.
JLPT no HSK
secondary rainbow

Top: rain , bottom: fragment, child / (typically simplified to , as a mortar and legs )
At rain the rainbow 虹 has a child: the secondary.

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