濡 — Chinese character
濡
rú
to moisten, to immerse; wet, damp
- Pinyin
- rú
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 17
- Components
- 氵 需
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 需
- Japanese
- 濡 as a kanji
Common words with 濡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耳濡目染 | ěr rú mù rǎn | to be influenced |
| 相濡以沫 | xiāng rú yǐ mò | (lit.) (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom); (fig.) to share meager resources and support each other in times of difficu |
| 濡湿 (濡濕) | rú shī | to moisten |
| 濡染 | rú rǎn | to infect; to influence |
| 以沫相濡 | yǐ mò xiāng rú | see 相濡以沫 (xiāng rú yǐ mò) |
| 沾濡 | zhān rú | to moisten |
| 濡忍 | rú rěn | compliant; submissive |
| 濡毫 | rú háo | to dip the pen into ink; to write |
| 濡沫涸辙 (濡沫涸轍) | rú mò hé zhé | to help each other out in hard times (idiom) |
English words written with 濡
濡 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 7 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 8
- Hexagram 22
- Hexagram 43
- Hexagram 63
- Hexagram 64
- Mencius 2B.12
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
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