Chinese symbol for “son”
儿子
ér zi
Traditional: 兒子
son
The closest CC-CEDICT match for son is 儿子 (ér zi), defined as: son.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “son”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 儿子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女儿 (女兒) | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 儿童 (兒童) | ér tóng | child |
| 婴儿 (嬰兒) | yīng ér | infant; baby |
| 哪儿 (哪兒) | nǎ r | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere |
| 一会儿 (一會兒) | yī huì r | a moment; a while |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
| 妻子 | qī zǐ | wife and children |
See also: Japanese symbol for “son”.
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.