儿童
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
儿童 (értóng) · child
儿童 (értóng) means “child; children”. It is written with 2 characters: 儿 (child) + 童 (child). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 儿童 is built
The characters
儿 ér · child
What 儿 is made of
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 兒, a picture of a child; compare 人 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
童 tóng · child
What 童 is made of
- 立lì — to stand
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
- 里lǐ — unit of distance equal to 0.5km
- 田tián — field
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A child standing 立 in the village 里 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这家书店有很多儿童书。Zhè jiā shūdiàn yǒu hěn duō értóng shū.This bookshop has lots of children's books.
儿童节是哪一天？Értóng Jié shì nǎ yī tiān?Which day is Children's Day?
Questions about 儿童
What does 儿童 mean?
儿童 (értóng) means “child; children”.
How do you pronounce 儿童?
儿童 is pronounced értóng.
Which HSK level is 儿童?
儿童 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 儿子érzison
- 好玩儿hǎowánrfun
- 没事儿méishìrit is all right
- 面条儿miàntiáornoodles
- 哪儿nǎrwhere
- 那儿nàrthere
- 男孩儿nánháirboy
- 女儿nǚ'érdaughter
- 女孩儿nǚháirgirl
- 玩儿wánrto play
Learn 儿童 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 14: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.