濡
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dilatory; to moisten
17 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,239 U+6FE1
How 濡 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 需 (phonetic, xū)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 需
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 需 (xū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 需 sound component | xū | to need, to require; must |
| 儒 | rú | Confucian scholar |
| 糯 | nuò | glutinous rice; sticky, viscous |
| 蠕 | rú | wasp; to wriggle, to squirm |
| 孺 | rú | child; blood relation; affection |
| 嚅 | rú | to mumble, to stutter |
| 懦 | nuò | weak, timid, cowardly |
| 薷 | rú | Elshotria paltrini |
| 颥 | rú | the temporal bone |
| 襦 | rú | coat, jacket; fine silk fabric |
Words containing 濡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耳濡目染 | ěr rú mù rǎn | to be influenced |
| 以沫相濡 | yǐ mò xiāng rú | see 相濡以沫[xiang1 ru2 yi3 mo4] |
| 相濡以沫 | xiāng rú yǐ mò | (lit.) (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom); (fig.… |
| 濡染 | rú rǎn | to infect; to influence; to dip (in ink) |
| 濡毫 | rú háo | to dip the pen into ink; to write |
| 濡湿 | rú shī | to moisten |
| 濡忍 | rú rěn | compliant; submissive |
| 沾濡 | zhān rú | to moisten |
| 濡沫涸辙 | rú mò hé zhé | to help each other out in hard times (idiom) |