rù
enter
Arrow pointing forward, representing the idea "enter".
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Unknown component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*n[u]p | nyip | rù | enter |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 86.6571% of movies
309th most common character in movies
210th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 2 |
Unicode | U+5165 |
Shuowen | “入,內也。象从上俱下也。” |
Sources
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