儒

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scholar; Confucian

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HSK 3.0: Level 7–9
Old HSK: Level 6
Strokes: 16
Radical: 人 +14
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 儒
Common rank: #2,049
Unicode: U+5112

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Formation & memory

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How 儒 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 meaning “person” + 需 sound ( xū )

Components 亻需

How to remember it

Confucian · Heisig RSH #964

人 person + 需 need

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 儒

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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

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 需 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
需 sound part	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