Chinese symbol for “infancy”
婴儿期
yīng ér qī
Traditional: 嬰兒期
infancy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for infancy is 婴儿期 (yīng ér qī), defined as: infancy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “infancy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幼年 | yòu nián | childhood; infancy |
| 襁褓 | qiǎng bǎo | swaddling clothes; fig. early stage of development |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 婴儿期.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 婴儿 (嬰兒) | yīng ér | infant; baby |
| 婴幼儿 (嬰幼兒) | yīng yòu ér | baby |
| 女婴 (女嬰) | nǚ yīng | female baby |
| 男婴 (男嬰) | nán yīng | male baby |
| 婴孩 (嬰孩) | yīng hái | infant |
| 试管婴儿 (試管嬰兒) | shì guǎn yīng ér | test tube baby |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 女儿 (女兒) | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 时期 (時期) | shí qī | period; phase |
See also: Japanese symbol for “infancy”.
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.