Chinese symbol for “child”
孩子
hái zi
child
The closest CC-CEDICT match for child is 孩子 (hái zi), defined as: child.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “child”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 儿童 (兒童) | ér tóng | child |
| 小孩 | xiǎo hái | child; 个 (gè) |
| 儿 (兒) | ér | child; son |
| 小孩子 | xiǎo hái zi | child |
| 小朋友 | xiǎo péng yǒu | child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 孩子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女孩 | nǚ hái | girl; lass |
| 小孩 | xiǎo hái | child; 个 (gè) |
| 男孩 | nán hái | boy |
| 女孩子 | nǚ hái zi | girl |
| 小孩子 | xiǎo hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
| 妻子 | qī zǐ | wife and children |
See also: Japanese symbol for “child”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.