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儒

rú

Confucian scholar

🔤 Pictophonetic: 亻 (person) provides meaning, 需 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 16 strokes Common (20%)

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Component Breakdown

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to need, to require; must

⿰亻需 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

rén

亻

man, person; people

💡 Ideographic: Visual abbreviation of 人

2 strokes

xū

需

to need, to require; must

💡 Ideographic: Rain 雨 needed for crops to grow

14 strokes HSK 3

yǔ

雨

rain

📷 Pictographic: Rain drops falling from a cloud 帀

8 strokes HSK 1

zā

帀

to rotate, to revolve, to make a circuit

4 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

jīn

巾

cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel

📷 Pictographic: A curtain or towel hanging from a rack

3 strokes HSK 4

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

shù

丨

number one; line

1 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

4 strokes

ér

而

and, and then, and yet; but

6 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 儒 (29)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

儒家 ↗

Rújiā

Confucian school, founded by Confucius [[孔子<Kǒngzǐ>]] (551-479 BC) and Mencius [[孟子<Mèngzǐ>]] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)

Rújiā

儒家 ↗

HSK 6

Confucian school, founded by Confucius [[孔子<Kǒngzǐ>]] (551-479 BC) and Mencius [[孟子<Mèngzǐ>]] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)

dwarf / pygmy / small person / midget

zhūrú

侏儒 ↗

dwarf / pygmy / small person / midget

儒勒・凡尔纳 ↗

Rúlè·Fáněrnà

Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories, author of Around the World in Eighty Days [[八十天环绕地球]]

Rúlè·Fáněrnà

儒勒・凡尔纳 ↗

Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories, author of Around the World in Eighty Days [[八十天环绕地球]]

Confucian thoughts / the thinking of the Confucian school

Rújiāsīxiǎng

儒家思想 ↗

Confucian thoughts / the thinking of the Confucian school

The Scholars, Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi [[吳敬梓|吴敬梓<WúJìngzǐ>]], an extended satire on the Imperial Examination system

RúlínWàishǐ

儒林外史 ↗

The Scholars, Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi [[吳敬梓|吴敬梓<WúJìngzǐ>]], an extended satire on the Imperial Examination system

儒生 ↗

rúshēng

Confucian scholar (old)

rúshēng

儒生 ↗

Confucian scholar (old)

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