揉 — Chinese character
揉
róu
to massage, to knead; to crush by hand
- Pinyin
- róu
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 扌 柔
- Formation
- ideographic — A gentle 柔 hand 扌; 柔 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 揉 as a kanji
Common words with 揉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 揉合 | róu hé | to blend; to merge; to mix together |
| 揉搓 | róu cuo | to rub; to torment |
| 矫揉造作 (矯揉造作) | jiǎo róu zào zuò | pretension; affectation |
| 搓揉 | cuō róu | to knead; to rub |
| 揉碎 | róu suì | to crush; to crumble into pieces |
| 掰开揉碎 (掰開揉碎) | bāi kāi róu suì | lit. to pull apart and knead to a pulp; fig. to analyze minutely from every angle |
| 揉制 | róu zhì | to knead (leather) |
| 揉和 | róu hé | to knead (clay) |
| 揉磨 | róu mo | to torment; to torture |
| 众说纷揉 (眾說紛揉) | zhòng shuō fēn róu | lit. diverse opinions confused and divided (idiom); opinions differ; controversial matters |
English words written with 揉
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.