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濡

rú

Character

What 濡 means

1. dilatory
2. to moisten

Example sentences

• 她与他相濡以沫。
  Tā yǔ tā xiāng rú yǐ mò.
  She stayed by his side through thick and thin.

Words starting with 濡

• 濡忍rú rěncompliant; submissive
• 濡染rú rǎnto infect; to influence; to dip (in ink)
• 濡毫rú háoto dip the pen into ink; to write
• 濡湿rú shīto moisten
• 濡沫涸辙rú mò hé zhéto help each other out in hard times (idiom)

Words containing 濡

• 相濡以沫xiāng rú yǐ mò(lit.) (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom)…
• 耳濡目染ěr rú mù rǎnto be influenced
• 沾濡zhān rúto moisten
• 以沫相濡yǐ mò xiāng rúsee 相濡以沫

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
• 孺rúchild
• 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 濡

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

• 霜shuāngfrost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting
• 懦nuò(bound form) cowardly; faint-hearted
• 邃suìdeep; distant; mysterious
• 邋lāused in 邋遢
• 濮Púname of a river; surname Pu
• 圜huáncircle; encircle

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
• 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