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汝
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

you

HSK 10
Human →Relations
rǔ
ジョ
なんじ、なれ、い、うぬ、いまし、し、しゃ、な、なむち、まし、みまし
여
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 女 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 女 woman =
汝 you
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
女 Phonetic component
nǚ woman
woman, girl
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Seal
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
汝
Regular
Modern
Chinese
汝 [rǔ]
thou
Japanese
其 、 汝 し 同音

pronoun

  1. archaic that
  2. archaic you
  3. archaic oneself; themself
汝 、 爾 なんじ 同音
pronoun archaic thou; you
汝 い 、 しゃ 同音
pronoun archaicvulgar you
汝 いまし 同音
pronoun archaicfamiliar you
汝 なむち 、 なれ 、 まし 同音
pronoun archaic you
汝 みまし 同音
pronoun archaichonorific you
汝 、 己 うぬ 同音
pronoun vulgar blockhead!; you
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
艱難汝を玉にす。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
CHINESE WORDS (16)
汝南 [Rǔ​nán] #40,500
Runan county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店[Zhù​mǎ​diàn], Henan
汝州 [Rǔ​zhōu] #45,415
Ruzhou county level city in Pingdingshan 平頂山|平顶山[Píng​dǐng​shān], Henan
汝州市 [Rǔ​zhōu​shì] #51,077
Ruzhou county level city in Pingdingshan 平頂山|平顶山[Píng​dǐng​shān], Henan
汝阳 [Rǔ​yáng] #54,010
Ruyang county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan
汝阳 [Rǔ​yáng] #54,010
Ruyang county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan
丁汝昌 [Dīng​Rǔ​chāng] #54,572
Ding Ruchang (1836-1895), commander of the Qing North China Navy
汝城 [Rǔ​chéng] #57,208
Rucheng county in Chenzhou 郴州[Chēn​zhōu], Hunan
汝城县 [Rǔ​chéng​xiàn] #59,256
Rucheng county in Chenzhou 郴州[Chēn​zhōu], Hunan
汝城县 [Rǔ​chéng​xiàn] #59,256
Rucheng county in Chenzhou 郴州[Chēn​zhōu], Hunan
汝南县 [Rǔ​nán​xiàn] #59,614
Runan county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店[Zhù​mǎ​diàn], Henan
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JAPANESE WORDS (15)
⭐ 俺 [おれ] #444
I
俺ら [おれら] #3,794
we
⭐ 其れ [それ] #17,504
that
汝の敵を愛せよ [なんじのてきをあいせよ] #146,903
love your enemies
爾 [おれ] #160,751
you
汝の隣人を愛せよ [なんじのりんじんをあいせよ] #168,209
love your neighbour (neighbor)
大己貴神 [おおなむちのかみ] #181,390
Okuninushi
艱難汝を玉にす [かんなんなんじをたまにす] #228,279
hardship makes the man
爾汝 [じじょ] #277,139
you
弱き者よ汝の名は女なり [よわきものよなんじのなはおんななり]
frailty, thy name is woman
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