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孺
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blood

HSK 10
Human →Relations →Family
rù
ジュ
おさない、ちのみご
유
Phonosemantic compound. 子 represents the meaning and 需 represents the sound.
Components
子 child+ 需 need =
孺 blood
子 Meaning component
zi child
offspring, child
需 Phonetic component
xū need
need, require, must
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Notes
Similar Characters
乳 breast了 complete保 safeguard包 wrap孑 remaining孓 without left arm孔 cavity孕 pregnant孚 brood孛 comet孝 filial piety学 study (jp)學 study (trad)弃 reject (simp)教 teach斿 to move freely棄 forsake (trad/jp)育 education仔 meticulous字 character
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
Seal
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
孺
Regular
Modern
Chinese
孺 [Rú]
surname Ru
孺 [rú]
child
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (4)
孺子 [rú​zǐ] #57,140
(literary) child
妇孺皆知 [fù​rú​jiē​zhī] #44,396
understood by everyone (idiom); well known
妇孺皆知 [fù​rú​jiē​zhī] #44,396
understood by everyone (idiom); well known
孺人 [rú​rén]
(old) wife
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
孺子 [じゅし] #85,475
child