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孺

rú

Character

What 孺 means

1. child

Other readings

孺 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Rúsurname Ru

Words starting with 孺

• 孺人rú rén(old) wife; mother
• 孺子rú zǐ(literary) child
• 孺子可教rú zǐ kě jiào(idiom) this young person is worth teaching…

Words containing 孺

• 妇孺fù rúwomen and children
• 妇孺皆知fù rú jiē zhīunderstood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name

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.

• 儒rúscholar; Confucian
• 蠕rúto squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle
• 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 孺

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

• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 懦nuò(bound form) cowardly; faint-hearted
• 擂léito pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum)…
• 蹑nièto walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on)
• 瞟piǎoto cast a glance
• 璞púunpolished gem

Sounds the same

Read rú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 如as; as if; such as
• 儒scholar; Confucian
• 茹to eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell
• 濡dilatory; to moisten
• 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