孺

孺 · rú

child; blood relation; affection

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
rú
Cantonese
jyu6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

child; blood relation; affection

Dictionary definitions & readings

孺 Rú · surname Ru

孺 rú · child

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21020.010:rú Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0971.080:rú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
316.180:rú Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
rú粵jyu4,jyu6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ジュ ニュ おさない ちのみご Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
유:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
nhọ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
而遇 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
NDMBB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1142.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0281.020 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
365.25 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0134d Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5B7A
Radical
子 · 39
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6304

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
孺
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
nyuH · 而遇 · 遇合三去虞日 · #2326

PHONO-ML, source line 13367; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
404.401
kDaeJaweon
0551.030
kFennIndex
231.06
kGSR
0134d
kHanYu
21020.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
0551.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21020.010
kIRGKangXi
0281.020
kKangXi
0281.020
kMatthews
3147
kMeyerWempe
3634c
kMorohashi
07042
kNelson
1276
kSBGY
365.25
kSMSZD2003Index
165.08
kCangjie
NDMBB
kFenn
613G
kFourCornerCode
1142.7
kHKGlyph
0989
kMojiJoho
MJ010097
kPhonetic
1250
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-4866
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C0A9
kIRG_JSource
J0-555E
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-FBB7
kIRG_KSource
K0-6A68
kIRG_TSource
T1-7352
kIRG_VSource
V1-5249
kRSUnicode
39.14
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C0A9
kCCCII
213A61
kCNS1986
1-7352
kCNS1992
1-7352
kEACC
213A61
kGB0
4070
kGB1
4070
kJis0
5362
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
1332
kTGH
2013:6304
kTaiwanTelegraph
1332
kXerox
261:365
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4621+39.3.14
kCantonese
jyu6
kDefinition
child; blood relation; affection
kFanqie
而遇
kHangul
유:0N
kHanyuPinyin
21020.010:rú
kJapanese
ジュ ニュ おさない ちのみご
kJapaneseKun
CHINOMIGO OSANAI
kJapaneseOn
JU
kKorean
YU
kMandarin
rú
kSMSZD2003Readings
rú粵jyu4,jyu6
kTGHZ2013
316.180:rú
kVietnamese
nhọ
kXHC1983
0971.080:rú

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
7dictionary records using 孺0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
子 beside 需 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰子需$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰子需$(GHTJKPV)

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