儒

Glyph origin
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Etymology
Origin obscure. Chen (2013) – following 's, etc. – links to  and  "probably derived from the nature of the profession, registered by softness, suppleness, and flexibility".

Definitions

 * 1) scholar; learned person
 * 2) Confucian; Ruist
 * 3) Confucianism; Ruism
 * 4) weak; cowardly
 * 1) Confucian; Ruist
 * 2) Confucianism; Ruism
 * 3) weak; cowardly
 * 1) weak; cowardly
 * 1) weak; cowardly

Kanji

 * 1) Confucianism
 * 2) Confucianist

Etymology
From.

Han character

 * 1) scholar
 * 2) Ruism, Confucianism