儒 (rú): scholar, Confucian
儒 (rú) is a Chinese character meaning “scholar.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 需 (phonetic). It ranks #1978 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 儒 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- scholar
- Confucian
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侏儒 | zhū rú | dwarf |
| 儒雅 | rú yǎ | scholarly |
| 儒勒·凡尔纳 | rú lè · fán ěr nà | Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories |
| 儒教 | rú jiào | Confucianism |
| 现代新儒家 | xiàn dài xīn rú jiā | Modern New Confucianism |
| 当代新儒家 | dāng dài xīn rú jiā | Contemporary New Confucianism |
| 新儒家 | xīn rú jiā | New Confucianism, a social and political movement founded in 1920s China that combines aspects of Western and Eastern... |
| 儒林外史 | rú lín wài shǐ | The Scholars, satirical Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吳敬梓|吴敬梓[Wu2 Jing4 zi3] |
| 泰西大儒 | tài xī dà rú | Great European Scholar (honorific title of Matteo Ricci) |
| 独尊儒术 | dú zūn rú shù | dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty) |
| 儒略日 | rú lüè rì | Julian day (astronomy) |
| 罢黜百家，独尊儒术 | bà chù bǎi jiā , dú zūn rú shù | Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom) |
| 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 |
| 儒生 | rú shēng | Confucian scholar (old) |
| 儒家 | rú jiā | Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC) |
儒 appears in 28 compound words: 39 as the first character, 29 as the last, and 32 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 儒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
她儒长得很美，心地也很善良。
tā rú cháng dé hěn měi , xīn dì yě hěn shàn liáng .
She is exceptionally beautiful and has a kind heart.
2026去油去屑洗发水测评 儒蔓健发去屑止痒洗发水实测领先
2 0 2 6 qù yóu qù xiè xǐ fā shuǐ cè píng rú màn jiàn fā qù xiè zhǐ yǎng xǐ fā shuǐ shí cè lǐng xiān
桌球/WTT新加坡大满贯赛 林昀儒对战德国强敌10连胜晋级4强
zhuō qiú W T T xīn jiā pō dà mǎn guàn sài lín 昀 rú duì zhàn dé guó qiáng dí 1 0 lián shèng jìn jí 4 qiáng
Billiards/WTT Singapore Grand Slam Lin Yunru won 10 consecutive victories against Germany to advance to the top 4
桌球/WTT新加坡大满贯 林昀儒连三轮直落三、一局未失晋级8强
zhuō qiú W T T xīn jiā pō dà mǎn guàn lín 昀 rú lián sān lún zhí luò sān , yī jú wèi shī jìn jí 8 qiáng
Billiards/WTT Singapore Grand Slam Lin Yunru advanced to the top 8 with three straight games and one game in a row
...族自治区广播电视局副局长、一级巡视员王正儒被查
. . . zú zì zhì qū guǎng bō diàn shì jú fù jú cháng , yī jí xún shì yuán wáng zhèng rú bèi chá
... Wang Zhengru, deputy director of the Radio and Television Bureau of the Autonomous Region and a first-level inspector, was investigated
7千万修复儒考棚变特卖会场!挨轰糟蹋古迹 市府称:短...
7 qiān wàn xiū fù rú kǎo péng biàn tè mài huì chǎng ! āi hōng zāo tà gǔ jì shì fǔ chèn : duǎn . . .
70 million repaired Confucian examination shed into a special sale venue! The city government said: short...
从前有个侏儒住在森林里。
Cóngqián yǒu gè zhūrú zhù zài sēnlín lǐ.
Once upon a time there was a dwarf that lived in the forest.
事实上，投掷侏儒是奥运会的运动项目。
Shìshíshàng, tóuzhì zhūrú shì àoyùnhuì de yùndòng xiàngmù.
Indeed, dwarf tossing is an Olympic sport!
"侏儒流氓"是德国导演韦纳荷索在一九七零年的一部电影。
"Zhūrú liúmáng" shì Déguó dǎoyǎn Wéinà Hésuǒ zài yī jiǔ qī líng nián de yī bù diànyǐng.
Even Dwarfs Started Small is a 1970 film by German director Werner Herzog.
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