孺
rú

child

Phonosemantic compound. 子 represents the meaning and 需 represents the sound.

Components

子
子 Meaning component
zi, zǐ child
需
需 Sound component
xū need

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Jin 266-420 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyuHno-schild
Zhengzhangnjos

說文解字

乳子也。一曰輸也，輸尚小也。从子需聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)