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襦

rú

Character

What 襦 means

1. jacket
2. short coat

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
• 濡rúdilatory; to moisten
• 嚅rúchattering
• 薷rúused in 香薷
• 颥rúsee 颞颥, temple (the sides of human head)

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
• 孺child
• 蠕to squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle
• 嚅chattering
• 铷rubidium (chemistry)
• 筎thin outside skin of bamboo
• 薷used in 香薷
• 曘color of the sun; dark
• 袽old rags