儒

rú

Radical: 亻 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

儒 decomposes into the following components:

亻 需

Semantic component: 亻; phonetic component: 需.

Words containing 儒

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 儒.

侏儒
zhū rú
dwarf
儒士
rú shì
a Confucian scholar
儒学
rú xué
Confucianism
儒家
rú jiā
Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
儒教
rú jiào
Confucianism
儒生
rú shēng
Confucian scholar (old)
儒者
rú zhě
Confucian
儒艮
rú gèn
儒雅
rú yǎ
scholarly
宏儒
hóng rú
learned scholar
宿儒
sù rú
experienced scholar
犬儒
quǎn rú
cynic

Related characters (radical 亻)

Characters that share the radical 亻.

㐌 㑇 㑊 㑩 亻 亿 什 仁 仂 仃 仅 仆 仇 仉 仍 仔 仕 他 仗 付 仙 仞 仟 仡

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