儿 (ér) is Kangxi radical no. 10, “legs”. In this form it is written with 2 strokes.
As a radical, 儿 (ér) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “legs” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 2 to 14 strokes. 3 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 2 have a full word page of their own.
Good ones to start with: 元 (yuán) yuan / Chinese dollar, 儿 (ér) child, 先 (xiān) early.
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