Chinese Character 儒 Meanings and components.

Form

儒

Meaning

儒 meaning[3] in English

Scholar.

Confucian.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 儒 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and to require (需)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OMBB

How to write 儒

To write儒ru2scholar you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 需xu1to require arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 需 = 儒

儒 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 儒 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 儒, looks as follow:

儒
Pinyin:ru2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Scholar . Confucian
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
需
Pinyin:xu1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Require . To Need . To Want . Necessity . Need
雨
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Rain . Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2]
而
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: And . As Well As . And So . But (Not) . Yet (Not) . (Indicates Causal Relation) . (Indicates Change Of State) . (Indicates Contrast)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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