孺

rú

child

Radical: 子 Strokes: 17

Structure: Left-rightFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

子学字孤孔孙存孝季孽孟孩

Same radical

子学字孤孔孙存孝季孽孟孩孕孜孰

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Character Decomposition

孺=子+需

Etymology

child

Meanings

child

rú

surname Ru

Rú

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Words with 孺 35 total

(literary) child孺子rú zǐ women and children妇孺fù rú (old) wife · mother孺人rú rén

Idioms with 孺 4 total Chain

understood by everyone (idiom); well known · a household name妇孺皆知fù rú jiē zhī (idiom) this young person is worth teaching (used to praise sb as promising or capable of being taught)孺子可教rú zǐ kě jiào