Character Contained In References Comments
Simplified Traditional Ancient forms Archaic forms
traditional formhandwritten form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
儿 之 ⿱⺧儿
Mandarin
xian1, xian3, xian4
English
Definitions
first; former; early; in advance; prior; be first; previous
Mnemonic
A 儿 man who 之 goes forward