Chinese Character Wiki

孺

rú

child

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

Components
子 meaning component

子  Meaning component

zi, zǐ

  

child

需 sound component

需  Sound component

xū

  

need

Evolution

孺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
孺 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
孺 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
孺 Seal script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Seal script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
孺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

孺  

rú

child; blood relation; affection

孺  

Rú

surname Ru

Most common words with 孺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

孺

surname Ru

孺子

(literary) child

妇孺皆知

a household name

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*no-s

nyuH

rù

child


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4084th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+5B7A

Shuowen

“孺，乳子也。一曰輸也，輸尚小也。从子，需聲。”


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