茹 — Chinese character
茹
rú
roots, vegetables
- Pinyin
- rú
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 艹 如
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 如
- Japanese
- 茹 as a kanji
Common words with 茹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 含辛茹苦 | hán xīn rú kǔ | to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship; to bear one's cross |
| 茹毛饮血 (茹毛飲血) | rú máo yǐn xuè | devour raw meat and fowl (of savages) |
| 茹素 | rú sù | to eat a vegetarian diet |
| 竹茹 | zhú rú | bamboo shavings (Bambusa tuldoides) used in Chinese medicine |
| 拔毛连茹 (拔毛連茹) | bá máo lián rú | variant of 拔茅连茹 (bá máo lián rú) |
| 拔茅连茹 (拔茅連茹) | bá máo lián rú | lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others; inextricably tangled together |
| 茹古涵今 | rú gǔ hán jīn | to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows) |
| 茹痛 | rú tòng | to endure (suffering or sorrow) |
| 茹苦含辛 | rú kǔ hán xīn | see 含辛茹苦 (hán xīn rú kǔ) |
| 茹荤 (茹葷) | rú hūn | to eat meat |
| 茹荤饮酒 (茹葷飲酒) | rú hūn yǐn jiǔ | to eat meat and drink wine |
| 茹藘 | rú lǘ | see 茜草 (qiàn cǎo) |
茹 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 2 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 1
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