Ru's pinyin: ?[rú]
Ru, the common standard Chinese character ?, the first-level character ?, is also used as the surname ?, pronounced rú, and was first seen in seal script. This character was first included in "Shuowen Jiezi" and was also found in the pre-Qin work "The Book of Songs".
The original meaning is to feed cattle and horses. "Poetry·Daya·Common People": "If it is soft, it will be chewed; if it is strong, it will be spitted out." It is extended to eating and swallowing. "Guangya·Exegesis 2": "Ru·Greed." It is further extended to greed and wantonness. It can also be extended to include, soft, rancid, guessing and other meanings.
"Ru" is a phonetic character. 艸 (艹) expresses the meaning. The shape of the seal script is like grass, which means grass feed; the sound is like the expression, and if it has the meaning, it means feeding cattle and horses with feed. The glyphs of official script and regular script are inherited from seal script, but the shape is slightly changed. ?
There are two views on the original meaning of the word "Ru". One view is that the original meaning of "Ru" refers to feeding cattle and horses with feed. For example, "Shuowen Jiezi": "It's also about feeding horses. It sounds like a cockroach." It was later extended to mean eating and swallowing.
For example, "Poetry·Daya·Common People": "If you are soft, you will eat it; if you are strong, you will spit it out."? Another view is that the original meaning of "Ru" refers to eating. For example, "Book of Rites·Liyun": "Drink its blood and Ru its hair."
Kangxi Dictionary
Shenji Shangquzi Buru
《 "Tang Yun" people are all different, the sound is like. "Ji Yun" and "Yun Hui"? Endurance and cutting. Yin Ru. "Zhengyun" meets Qie. Yinru. "Yi·Tai Gua": pull out the grass and even the trees. Wang's Note: Roots lead to appearance. Cheng Chuan: Those who are connected by roots.
It is also accepted. "Poetry Daya": Softness is also unruly.
Also eat. "Li·Liyun": Ru Mao and blood. "Mencius": Rice is as good as grass. "Zhuangzi: People in a Leisurely Life": He who does not drink wine or eat meat can live for several months.
He also eats vegetables and calls him Ru. "The Biography of Dong Zhongshu of the Former Han Dynasty": Gongyizi Xianglu eats on the house and eats sunflowers. "The Biography of Wang Mang": Not like the sunflower in the garden.
Sip again. "Erya·Exegesis" Sip, Ru also.
It is also greedy and wanton. Yangzi's "Dialect": Between Wu and Yue, anyone who is greedy for food is called Ru. Guo's Note: Today's custom calls those who can eat coarsely as Ru.
Also "Shuowen": Ru means eating cattle. "Guangyun": Fanmaye.