Read Edit View history Discussion 儒 rú HSK7 Confucian scholar Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 需 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas rú × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 亻 is a component form of 人. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 儒 Simp strokes 儒 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 儒 Simp strokes 儒 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 儒 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 271, 802 ], [ 311, 758 ], [ 305, 731 ], [ 192, 547 ], [ 50, 386 ] ], [ [ 216, 537 ], [ 238, 433 ], [ 226, 39 ] ], [ [ 474, 783 ], [ 746, 829 ] ], [ [ 364, 675 ], [ 373, 629 ], [ 333, 520 ] ], [ [ 400, 629 ], [ 774, 702 ], [ 850, 658 ], [ 782, 597 ] ], [ [ 556, 755 ], [ 587, 729 ], [ 579, 447 ] ], [ [ 448, 573 ], [ 514, 534 ] ], [ [ 438, 486 ], [ 506, 445 ] ], [ [ 652, 612 ], [ 734, 576 ] ], [ [ 648, 516 ], [ 730, 480 ] ], [ [ 418, 380 ], [ 748, 424 ] ], [ [ 516, 351 ], [ 531, 321 ], [ 486, 275 ] ], [ [ 344, 252 ], [ 374, 198 ], [ 379, 20 ] ], [ [ 382, 246 ], [ 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