茹

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to eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell; vegetables; roots (inextricably attached to the plant)

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 meaning “plant” + 如 sound ( rú )

Components 艹如

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
拔毛连茹	bá máo lián rú	variant of 拔茅連茹\|拔茅连茹[ba2 mao2 lian2 ru2]
茹毛饮血	rú máo yǐn xuè	devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)
茹鱼	rú yú	putrid fish
拔茅连茹	bá máo lián rú	lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others; inextricabl…
含辛茹苦	hán xīn rú kǔ	to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship; to bear one's cross
茹苦含辛	rú kǔ hán xīn	see 含辛茹苦[han2 xin1 ru2 ku3]
茹素	rú sù	to eat a vegetarian diet
菜茹	cài rú	greens; green vegetables
梁静茹	Liáng Jìng rú	Fish Leong (1978–), Malaysian pop singer
茹古涵今	rú gǔ hán jīn	to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)
茹志鹃	Rú Zhì juān	Ru Zhijuan (1925-1998), female novelist and politician
茹荤饮酒	rú hūn yǐn jiǔ	to eat meat and drink wine
竹茹	zhú rú	bamboo shavings (Bambusa tuldoides) used in Chinese medicine
茹痛	rú tòng	to endure (suffering or sorrow)
饭糗茹草	fàn qiǔ rú cǎo	(lit.) to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom); (fig.) to live in abject poverty
茹荤	rú hūn	to eat meat
茹藘	rú lǘ	see 茜草[qian4 cao3]

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
如 sound part	rú	as, as if, like, such as, supposing
絮	xù	cotton padding; fluff, padding, waste; long-winded
恕	shù	to excuse, to forgive, to show mercy
洳	rù	sdamp, boggy, marshy
铷	rú	rubidium