儒
scholar; Confucian
16 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,049 U+5112
How 儒 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 需 (phonetic, xū)
How to remember it
Confucian · Heisig RSH #964
人 person + 需 need
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 需
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 需 (xū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 需 sound component | xū | to need, to require; must |
| 糯 | nuò | glutinous rice; sticky, viscous |
| 濡 | rú | to moisten, to immerse; wet, damp |
| 蠕 | rú | wasp; to wriggle, to squirm |
| 孺 | rú | child; blood relation; affection |
| 嚅 | rú | to mumble, to stutter |
| 懦 | nuò | weak, timid, cowardly |
| 薷 | rú | Elshotria paltrini |
| 颥 | rú | the temporal bone |
| 襦 | rú | coat, jacket; fine silk fabric |
Words containing 儒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 当代新儒家 | Dāng dài Xīn Rú jiā | Contemporary New Confucianism; see 新儒家[Xin1 Ru2 jia1] |
| 现代新儒家 | Xiàn dài Xīn Rú jiā | Modern New Confucianism; see also 新儒家[Xin1 Ru2 jia1] |
| 儒林外史 | Rú lín Wài shǐ | The Scholars, satirical Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吳敬梓|吴敬梓[Wu2 Jing4 zi3] |
| 泰西大儒 | Tài xī dà rú | Great European Scholar (honorific title of Matteo Ricci) |
| 新儒家 | Xīn Rú jiā | New Confucianism, a social and political movement founded in 1920s China that combines asp… |
| 犬儒主义 | quǎn rú zhǔ yì | cynicism |
| 儒勒·凡尔纳 | Rú lè · Fán ěr nà | Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure sto… |
| 李英儒 | Lǐ Yīng rú | Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as see… |
| 儒略日 | Rú lüè rì | Julian day (astronomy) |
| 儒学 | Rú xué | Confucianism |
| 儒生 | rú shēng | Confucian scholar (old) |
| 儒家 | Rú jiā | Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3… |
| 独尊儒术 | dú zūn rú shù | dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty) |
| 儒者 | Rú zhě | Confucian scholar |
| 儒教 | Rú jiào | Confucianism |
| 儒士 | Rú shì | a Confucian scholar |
| 罢黜百家，独尊儒术 | bà chù bǎi jiā , dú zūn rú shù | Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom); sole dominant ideology |
| 儒雅 | rú yǎ | scholarly; refined; cultured; courteous |
| 坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠 | Kǎn bèi ěr zhū rú cāng shǔ | Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli) |
| 宿儒 | sù rú | experienced scholar; old expert in the field |