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儒

rú

HSK 6 Character

What 儒 means

1. scholar
2. Confucian

Example sentences

• 从前有个侏儒住在森林里。
  Cóngqián yǒu gè zhūrú zhù zài sēnlín lǐ.
  Once upon a time there was a dwarf that lived in the forest.
• 事实上，投掷侏儒是奥运会的运动项目。
  Shìshíshàng, tóuzhì zhūrú shì àoyùnhuì de yùndòng xiàngmù.
  Indeed, dwarf tossing is an Olympic sport!
• "侏儒流氓"是德国导演韦纳荷索在一九七零年的一部电影。
  Even Dwarfs Started Small is a 1970 film by German director Werner Herzog.
• 他在一家科学机构工作，在那里有语言学家，文学学者，历史学家，社会学家，经济学家和其他学者探讨一切有关侏儒的事。
  Tā zài yījiā kēxué jīgòu gōngzuò, zài nàli yǒu yǔyánxuéjiā, wénxué xuézhě, lìshǐxuéjiā, shèhuìxué jiā, jīngjìxuéjiā hé qítā xuézhě tàntǎo yīqiè yǒuguān zhūrú de shì.
  He works at a scientific institute where linguists, literature scholars, historians, sociologists, economists, and other scholars investigate everything that has to do with gnomes.

Words starting with 儒

• 儒家Rú jiāConfucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子
• 儒学Rú xuéConfucianism
• 儒雅rú yǎscholarly; refined; cultured
• 儒教Rú jiàoConfucianism
• 儒士Rú shìa Confucian scholar
• 儒生rú shēngConfucian scholar (old)
• 儒者Rú zhěConfucian scholar
• 儒略日Rú lüè rìJulian day (astronomy)
• 儒林外史Rú lín Wài shǐThe Scholars, satirical Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吴敬梓
• 儒艮rú gèndugong
• 儒勒·凡尔纳Rú lè · Fán ěr nàJules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure…

Words containing 儒

• 侏儒zhū rúdwarf; pygmy; small person
• 宏儒hóng rúlearned scholar
• 宿儒sù rúexperienced scholar; old expert in the field
• 犬儒quǎn rúcynic
• 新儒家Xīn Rú jiāNew Confucianism, a social and political movement founded in 1920s China that combines…
• 李英儒Lǐ Yīng rúLi Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as…
• 泰西大儒Tài xī dà rúGreat European Scholar (honorific title of Matteo Ricci)
• 焚书坑儒fén shū kēng rúto burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars…
• 犬儒主义quǎn rú zhǔ yìcynicism
• 独尊儒术dú zūn rú shùdismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty)
• 现代新儒家Xiàn dài Xīn Rú jiāModern New Confucianism; see also 新儒家
• 当代新儒家Dāng dài Xīn Rú jiāContemporary New Confucianism; see 新儒家
• 侏儒症zhū rú zhèngpituitary dwarfism
• 侏儒仓鼠zhū rú cāng shǔdwarf hamster
• 迂儒yū rúunrealistic; pedantic and impractical
• 坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠Kǎn bèi ěr zhū rú cāng shǔCampbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
• 罢黜百家，独尊儒术bà chù bǎi jiā , dú zūn rú shùDismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom); sole dominant ideology

Characters built on 需

These share the phonetic component 需 (xū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 蠕rúto squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle
• 孺rúchild
• 濡rúdilatory; to moisten
• 嚅rúchattering
• 襦rújacket; short coat
• 薷rúused in 香薷
• 颥rúsee 颞颥, temple (the sides of human head)

Characters that look like 儒

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 燥zàodry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. sào) minced meat
• 豫yùhappy; carefree; at one's ease
• 懦nuò(bound form) cowardly; faint-hearted
• 憬jǐngawaken
• 臆yì(bound form) chest; breast; (bound form) inner feelings; subjective
• 濡rúdilatory; to moisten

Sounds the same

Read rú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 如as; as if; such as
• 茹to eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell
• 濡dilatory; to moisten
• 孺child
• 蠕to squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle
• 嚅chattering
• 铷rubidium (chemistry)
• 筎thin outside skin of bamboo
• 襦jacket; short coat
• 薷used in 香薷
• 曘color of the sun; dark
• 袽old rags