rǔ
you
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 女 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 汝
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
thou | ||
Ru'nan county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店[Zhùmǎdiàn], Henan | ||
Ruzhou county level city in Pingdingshan 平頂山|平顶山[Píngdǐngshān], Henan | ||
Ruzhou county level city in Pingdingshan 平頂山|平顶山[Píngdǐngshān], Henan | ||
Ruyang county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*naʔ | nyoX | rǔ | you (sg.) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 0.7368% of movies
3283rd most common character in movies
2547th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+6C5D |
Shuowen | “汝,水。出弘農盧氏還歸山,東入淮。从水,女聲。” |
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