孩

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(bound form) child

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

子 meaning “child” + 亥 sound ( hài )

Components 子亥

tot · Heisig RSH #1196

子 child + acorn

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
小孩儿	xiǎo hái r	erhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2]
女孩儿	nǚ hái r	erhua form of 女孩[nu : 3 hai2]
男孩儿	nán hái r	erhua form of 男孩[nan2 hai2]
孩子	hái zi	child
舍不得孩子套不住狼	shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù láng	one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb); (fig.) one …
会哭的孩子有糖吃	huì kū de hái zi yǒu táng chī	lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom); fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease
生孩子	shēng hái zi	to give birth to a baby
小孩子	xiǎo hái zi	child
会哭的孩子有奶吃	huì kū de hái zi yǒu nǎi chī	lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom); fig. the squeaky wheel gets the…
孩子气	hái zi qì	boyish; childish; childishness
女孩子	nǚ hái zi	girl
带孩子	dài hái zi	to look after a baby; to take care of a young child
毛孩子	máo hái zi	child; kid; (slang) furry pet (such as a dog or cat)
男孩乐队	nán hái yuè duì	boy band (type of pop group)
野孩子	yě hái zǐ	feral child
男孩子	nán hái zi	boy
小孩哥	xiǎo hái gē	(slang) young boy who displays skills, maturity, or coolness beyond his age
孩儿	hái r	child
小孩	xiǎo hái	child; CL:個\|个[ge4]
老婆孩子热炕头	lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou	wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom); the simple and good life

Characters sharing the sound component 亥 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
亥 sound part	hài	12th terrestrial branch; used in transliterations
核	hé	core, kernel; nut, seed; atom
刻	kè	to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment
该	gāi	should, ought to, must
骇	hài	to terrify, to shock, to frighten
咳	hāi	to cough
骸	hái	skeleton, body; leg bone
颏	kē	chin
赅	gāi	to include; to prepare for
劾	hé	to look into; to impeach, to charge
氦	hài	helium
垓	gāi	border, boundary, frontier
阂	hé	separated, blocked; to prevent, to block
胲	hǎi	hydroxylamine
陔	gāi	ledge, step, terrace; slope