Example sentences
nǚ女ér儿fàng放xué学le了。
My daughter is out of school.
tā他nǚ女ér儿hěn很cōng聪míng明。
His daughter is smart.
The story behind the character
女
A woman kneeling, hands folded in front of her. The standard posture of an ancient Chinese woman. Xu Shen wrote 女, 妇人也. One character, preserving a sitting position from two thousand years ago.
儿
The traditional 兒 is a baby's head with the fontanelle still open (that gap on top) and two legs below. Xu Shen wrote 儿, 孺子也. 孺子 is a little child.