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son

How it’s built

Simplified form of 兒. Pictograph of a child with an opening in the top of its head. Represents the soft spot (fontanel) at the top of young infant heads.

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 儿 as a component, most common first.

党dǎngpolitical party 充chōngto fill