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Kanji Detail for 儒 - "scholar, confucian"

儒

  • Meaning

    儒 means "scholar, confucian." Also associated with gentle.

    1. Confucian - Relating to Confucius and his teachings.

    2. Scholar - A learned person.

    3. Gentle - Soft and mild in manner.

  • Words using 儒

    • 儒教 じゅきょう Listen Confucianism

  • Four-character idioms with 儒

    • 焚書坑儒 ふんしょこうじゅ Listen burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign)

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    • Verified meaning: scholar, confucian
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: gentle

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    Confucian

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    Confucian scholar

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    scholar; Confucian

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    Confucian scholar

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A term for scholars. Such as 碩學通儒, meaning their learning and scholarship is beyond ordinary reach. All relating to literary matters is called 儒. Such as 風流儒雅 (elegant and refined). | Those who follow the way of Confucius. (Mencius) "Those who flee from Mohism must turn to Yangism. Those who flee from Yangism must turn to Confucianism." Today Confucianism is also called 儒教, distinguishing it from Daoism and Buddhism.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ju(ジュ) ジュ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    16 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    scholar gentle confucian calm cultured teacher timid weak classics compassionate education enlightenment ethics harmony humanism learned master mentor mild morality peaceful philosophy respect

Sentences including 儒

  • I would like to emphasize the Confucian values that exist within this group.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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