Kanji Detail for 儒 - "Confucian, scholar, learned"

儒

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
儒 means "Confucian, scholar, learned."
1. Confucian - Relating to Confucius and his teachings.
2. Scholar - A learned person.
3. Gentle - Soft and mild in manner.
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

ju(ジュ)
Kunyomi
none
Strokes

16 strokes
Radical

人亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)
Related Keywords
Confucian scholar learning education philosophy teaching ethics virtue morality gentleman wise intellectual academic cultivated refined gentle mild timid classical