儿 ér
Child / Legs
The Chinese radical 儿 er(2) symbolises child (and could represent legs).
元 yuan(2) first, original
This 元 yuan(2) character has the 兀 wu(4) which represents the legs and lower part of the body. The shorter horizontal line on top denotes the head. The 甲骨文 oracle bone inscription is an ideogram that means pointing to the head (the shorter horizontal line on top).
先 xian(1) ahead, before
The top part of this associative compound character is a person. This person is ahead (on top) of the other child/person 儿 er(2).
