懂中文 Dong Chinese

茹

rú

roots

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 如 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

如 sound component

如  Sound component

rú

  

be like

Evolution

茹 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
茹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
茹 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
茹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

茹  

rú

roots; vegetables; eat; bear; to eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell; roots (inextricably attached to the plant)

茹  

Rú

surname Ru

Most common words with 茹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

茹

to eat

梁静茹

Fish Leong (1978-), Malaysian pop singer

含辛茹苦

to bear one's cross

茹毛饮血

devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)

竹茹

bamboo shavings (Bambusa tuldoides) used in Chinese medicine