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兄 = 口 + 儿

兄 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “elder brother”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 儿 (son). It appears as a component in 18 other characters in this index.

Keyword
elder brother
Pinyin (Mandarin)
xiōng
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
старший брат
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
兄 elder brother

Decomposition

ids

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 儿 son

Characters that contain 兄

How to find 兄 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “son”. 兄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 兄 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.