可儿
Kě Ér · tones 3-2
Meaning: lovable + child
Character breakdown
Each character in 可儿 on its own — radical, stroke count, and core meaning.
- 可kě
- Radical
- 口
- Strokes
- 5
- Meaning
- can, may, approve
- 儿ér
- Radical
- 儿
- Strokes
- 2
- Meaning
- child, son
How it sounds
Tone pattern 3-2 (falling-rising + rising).
Falling-rising then rising. Soft start, hopeful close — gentle and encouraging.
Style: transliteration-standard
A standard phonetic match for the English name (used in Chinese Bibles, news translations, official documents). Useful when you want clear English-to-Chinese identifiability.
Pairing with a surname
2-character given name
Standard structure for modern Chinese names. Pairs naturally with most common single-character surnames (王, 李, 张, 陈, 刘) for a 3-character full name. Always read the full name aloud with your surname before finalizing to check for accidental homophones.