児 = 旧 + 儿

児 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “son”. It is built from 旧 (old) and 儿 (son).

Keyword: son
Pinyin (Mandarin): ér
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: son, child, oneself, дитя, сам, сын, child, oneself
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 児 newborn babe

Decomposition

ids

旧 old
儿 son

How to find 児 without knowing its reading

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

Open 児 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.