小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- Made of
- 亅 hook 八 eight
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
小孩儿
xiǎoháir
child
Characters in this word
孩 hái
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- Made of
- 子 son, child 亥 12th terrestrial branch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- Made of
- 丿 slash 乚 secret, hidden, mysterious
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 那个小孩儿在笑。 Nàge xiǎoháir zài xiào. That child is laughing.
- 我有两个小孩儿。 Wǒ yǒu liǎng ge xiǎoháir. I have two children.
- 小孩儿在哪儿玩？ Xiǎoháir zài nǎr wán? Where are the children playing?