The Chinese Radical: 儿


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Meaning
legs    儿

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

Used in these characters:
儿
JLPT HSK 1
fragment, child
ér, er
兒 儿
This character consists simplified of the radical for: "legs" Traditionally it was: 兒
Two separated legs as fragments or child.  
觉
JLPT HSK 1
a sleep, a nap, feel, find that, awake, aware
jiào, jué
冖 見 儿
From top: light rays , cover: 冖, to see 见/見 (= an eye 目 on legs 儿)
When the sunshine falls through the cover on your seeing eyes you awake: from sleep.  
完
JLPT HSK 2
complete, to finish, whole, entire
wán
宀 元 儿
Top: roof 宀, bottom: origin, chin. Yuan 元 (two 二 legs 儿)
(A building is complete when it has a roof. Thus:) A roof needs an origin (= groundwork, seating) to be finished and complete.  
境
JLPT HSK 3
border, boundary, place, circumstances
jìng
土 竟 立 儿
Left: earth 土, right: actually 竟 (standing 立, sun 日 and legs 儿)
The earth remains standing, while the sun continues to go: We are at the border.  
元
JLPT HSK 3
Yuan, Chinese monetary unit, primary, first
yuán
儿 元

Shows two 二 legs 儿, perhaps as they move like the circulation of the Yuan?  
克
JLPT HSK 4
to subdue, to overthrow, gram
kè
古 儿 兄
Top: ten 十, below: older brother 兄 (A big mouth 口 on feet 儿)
(The inferior must leave the battle-field, such as to run away using the legs:) The old 古 gets legs 儿, if it is subdued.  
免
JLPT HSK 4
to avoid, to escape, to excuse sb, to avert
miǎn
免 儿 ⺈
An escaping rabbit 兔: long ear ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿 but without tail 丶(a rabbit on the run)
With a big ear, goggle-eyes and two long legs you can escape.  
无
JLPT HSK 4
-less, not to have, no, none, to lack, un-
wú
无 儿
Composed of two 二 (here as: crossed out) and legs 儿
Legs crossed out twice as: negative.  
光
JLPT HSK 4
light, ray, bright, merely, to use up
guāng
光 儿
Combination of fire 火 and legs 儿. The legs stand for transportability of the fire (i.e. in a lantern)
The fire which can be transported stands for light.  
虎
JLPT HSK 4
tiger
hǔ
虍 儿
Top: tiger 虍 (pictograph: jumping tiger with protruding teeth), below: hind legs 儿
Only a tiger on hind legs is a real tiger.  
允
JLPT HSK 4
to permit, to allow, grant, fair
yǔn
厶 儿
Top: nose 厶, below: legs 儿
Who has a nose and legs shall be permitted.  
竟
JLPT HSK 4
actually, unexpectedly, indeed
jìng
竟 音 儿
Top: sound 音 (Stand/Get up 立 into the day 日 with sounds [of the alarm clock]), bottom: legs 儿
(My knee is cracking!) Sounds in the legs? Actually?  
充
JLPT HSK 5
satisfy, fulfill, substitute
chōng
儿
Top: newborn baby (child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first), below: legs 儿 - Here: see similarity to flow/stream 流
The new born baby flounders with his legs to be 'filled' [= fed] and thus be satisfied.  
统
JLPT HSK 5
context, to gather, to unite, whole
tǒng
糸 儿
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: satisfy, to fill 充 (The newborn baby [= child 子 upside down, because it comes with the head first] flounders with his legs 儿 to be 'filled' [= fed] and thus be satisfied. (cf.流)
Threads are satisfying if they are in a context. (i.e. woven)  
兄
JLPT HSK 5
elder brother
xiōng
儿 兄
A mouth 口 and feet 儿
A "big mouth on legs" is my older brother.  
兔
JLPT HSK 5
rabbit
tù
免 ⺈ 儿
avoid/escape 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔: long ears ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿) and further short tail 丶
It can 'escape' and has a short tail: The rabbit.  
兆
JLPT HSK 6
omen, to foretell, trillion (10^12), tera-
zhào
儿 兆
Pictograph: cracks in a turtle shell (was used in ancient China for divination)
The cracked turtle shell shows a trillion signs.  
兜
JLPT HSK 6
bag, pocket, to take responsibility
dōu
白 儿
Inside: white 白, outside: handles コ, and legs 儿 (or tassels ..)
A white bag with handles and tassels.  
党
JLPT HSK 6
political party, association, society
dǎng
尚 兄 儿
Top: still/esteem 尚 (A small 小 house 宀 with a window 口 is furthermore esteemed.), below: legs 儿 (or: elder brother 兄 = A big mouth 口 on feet 儿)
I have esteem for my elder brother's party.  
兢
JLPT HSK 6
apprehensive, to be fearful, tremble
jīng
古 儿
Twice: subdue 克 (The old 古 gets legs 儿, when it is subdued)
Being doubly subdued is apprehensive.  
彪
JLPT no HSK
(tiger)-stripes, a tiger-cat, streaks, veins
biāo
彡 虍 儿
Left: tiger 虎 (= tiger 虍 on the hind legs 儿), right: hair 彡
The tiger's hair have stripes.  
兀
JLPT no HSK
rising to a height, towering, bald
wù
一 儿

Up to the measuring line 一 are his legs 儿, that's how high he is risen.  
倪
JLPT no HSK
feeble, tiny, young and weak
ní
亻 兒 臼 儿
Left: person 亻, right: fragment, child 兒/儿 (simplified to 儿, with mortar 臼 and legs 儿)
The person, who is like a 'child' is: feeble.  
霓
JLPT no HSK
secondary rainbow
ní
雨 兒 臼 儿
Top: rain 雨, bottom: fragment, child 兒/儿 (typically simplified to 儿, as a mortar 臼 and legs 儿)
At rain the rainbow 虹 has a child: the secondary.  

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