Read Edit View history 茹 rúRú roots Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 如 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 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 茹 Simp strokes 茹 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 茹 Simp strokes 茹 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 茹 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 170, 595 ], [ 751, 655 ], [ 864, 641 ] ], [ [ 343, 763 ], [ 393, 726 ], [ 423, 535 ] ], [ [ 617, 823 ], [ 663, 777 ], [ 583, 529 ] ], [ [ 324, 545 ], [ 362, 494 ], [ 271, 202 ], [ 478, 64 ], [ 508, 12 ] ], [ [ 447, 424 ], [ 487, 376 ], [ 403, 170 ], [ 297, 64 ], [ 175, 10 ] ], [ [ 69, 325 ], [ 131, 297 ], [ 443, 358 ] ], [ [ 562, 355 ], [ 598, 314 ], [ 637, 85 ] ], [ [ 616, 348 ], [ 793, 382 ], [ 835, 363 ], [ 850, 341 ], [ 790, 187 ] ], [ [ 657, 127 ], [ 756, 160 ], [ 849, 162 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M640,620C708,625 777,627 846,623C856,623 864,625 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