揉
róu HSK7

rub

揉 róu
rub verb
to apply friction and pressure to a surface, such as the eyes or skin

他揉了揉红肿的眼睛。

tā róu le róu hóng​zhǒng de yǎn​jing.

He rubbed his red and swollen eyes.

knead verb
to work a substance like dough into a uniform mass by pressing and folding with the hands

面团要反复揉才能有韧性。

miàn​tuán yào fǎn​fù róu cái néng yǒu rèn​xìng.

The dough needs to be kneaded repeatedly to become elastic.

massage verb
to apply rhythmic pressure to a part of the body to relieve discomfort or tension

他用手轻轻揉着酸痛的肩膀。

tā yòng shǒu qīng​qīng róu zhe suān​tòng de jiān​bǎng.

He gently rubbed his sore shoulders with his hands.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,818th most common 12.5 per million
Movie subtitles
3,030th most common 3.35 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
4.17 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
10.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+63C9

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)