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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
rú | ru2
English translation
scholar
Confucian
Confucian scholar

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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person

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻需

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
侏儒 zhū rú dwarf侏儒 zhū rú
scholar
儒家 Rújiā Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子 Kǒng zǐ [Kǒng​zǐ] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子 Mèng zǐ [Mèng​zǐ] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)儒家 Rújiā
儒学 Rú xué Confucianism儒學
儒雅 rú yǎ scholarly儒雅 rú yǎ
儒生 rú shēng Confucian scholar (old)儒生 rú shēng
儒教 Rú jiào Confucianism儒教 Rú jiào
儒者 Rú zhě Confucian儒者 Rú zhě
儒士 Rú shì a Confucian scholar儒士 Rú shì
焚书坑儒 fén shū kēng rú to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇 Qín Shǐ huáng [Qín​Shǐ​huáng])焚書坑儒
儒勒·凡尔纳Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories, author of Around the World in Eighty Days 八十天环绕地球儒勒·凡爾納
独尊儒术 dú zūn rú shù dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty)獨尊儒術
犬儒主义 quǎn rú zhǔ yì cynicism犬儒主義
宿儒 sù rú experienced scholar宿儒 sù rú
李英儒 Lǐ Yīng rú Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists李英儒 Lǐ Yīng rú
迂儒 yū rú unrealistic迂儒 yū rú

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