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汝

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thou

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Strokes
6
Radical
水 +3
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
汝
Common rank
#3,018
Unicode
U+6C5D

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Formation & memory

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How 汝 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 女 sound ( nǚ )

Components 氵 女

Words with 汝

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WordPinyinMeaning
汝南县 Rǔ nán Xiàn Runan, a county in Zhumadian City 駐馬店市|驻马店市[Zhu4 ma3 dian4 Shi4], Henan
汝城县 Rǔ chéng Xiàn Rucheng, a county in Chenzhou City 郴州市[Chen1 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan
汝阳县 Rǔ yáng Xiàn Ruyang, a county in Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市[Luo4 yang2 Shi4], Henan
汝州市 Rǔ zhōu Shì Ruzhou, a county-level city in Pingdingshan City 平頂山市|平顶山市[Ping2 ding3 shan1 Shi4], Henan
乌鲁汝 Wū lǔ rǔ Uluru, iconic large rock formation in central Australia, sacred to Aboriginals, a World He…
丁汝昌 Dīng Rǔ chāng Ding Ruchang (1836–1895), commander of the Qing North China Navy
汝南 Rǔ nán see 汝南縣|汝南县[Ru3 nan2 Xian4]
汝城 Rǔ chéng see 汝城縣|汝城县[Ru3 cheng2 Xian4]
汝阳 Rǔ yáng see 汝陽縣|汝阳县[Ru3 yang2 Xian4]
汝州 Rǔ zhōu see 汝州市[Ru3 zhou1 Shi4]
李汝珍 Lǐ Rǔ zhēn Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghu…

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
女 sound part nǚ woman, girl; female
钕 nǚ neodymium