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孺

rú

child; blood relation; affection

🔤 Pictophonetic: 子 (child) provides meaning, 需 provides pronunciation

HSK 17 strokes Uncommon (41%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

子

son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

需

xū

to need, to require; must

⿰子需 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

子

son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

📷 Pictographic: A child in a wrap, with outstretched arms but bundled legs

3 strokes HSK 1

了

clear; to finish; particle of completed action

📷 Pictographic: A child swaddled in blanklets; compare 子

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

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

1 strokes HSK 1

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 孺 (4)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

understood by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name

fùrújiēzhī

妇孺皆知 ↗

understood by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name