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儒
rú
1. scholar
2. Confucian
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 16 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

儒
rú
Confucian scholar
HSK 6 16 丶

Compound Words (20)

侏儒
zhūrú
dwarf
儒士
Rúshì
a Confucian scholar
儒学
Rúxué
Confucianism
儒家
Rújiā
Confucian school, founded by Confucius [[孔子<Kǒngzǐ>]] (551-479 BC) and Mencius [[孟子<Mèngzǐ>]] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
HSK 6
儒教
Rújiào
Confucianism
儒生
rúshēng
Confucian scholar (old)
儒者
Rúzhě
Confucian
儒雅
rúyǎ
scholarly
宏儒
hóngrú
learned scholar
宿儒
sùrú
experienced scholar
犬儒
quǎnrú
cynic
迂儒
yūrú
unrealistic
侏儒症
zhūrúzhèng
pituitary dwarfism
儒略日
Rúlüèrì
Julian day (astronomy)
新儒家
XīnRújiā
New Confucianism, a social and political movement founded in 1920s China that combines aspects of Western and Eastern philosophy
李英儒
LǐYīngrú
Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists
侏儒仓鼠
zhūrúcāngshǔ
dwarf hamster
儒家思想
Rújiāsīxiǎng
Confucian thoughts
儒林外史
RúlínWàishǐ
The Scholars, Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi [[吳敬梓|吴敬梓<WúJìngzǐ>]], an extended satire on the Imperial Examination system
泰西大儒
Tàixīdàrú
Great European Scholar (honorific title of Matteo Ricci)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,005
Word Frequency Rank
2,728 of 84,292

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