Character: 茹
Modern (Beijing) reading: rú
Preclassic Old Chinese: n(h)a
Classic Old Chinese: n(h)a
Western Han Chinese: n(h)a
Eastern Han Chinese: ń(h)a
Early Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)o
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)o
Late Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)o
Middle Chinese: ńö
English meaning : interlaced roots, grass roots
Russian meaning[s]: 1) сплетенные корни; 2) есть, питаться; кушанье, блюдо; 3) сгнить, протухнуть; 4) Жу (фамилия)
Comments: Used also for *n(h)a-s 'to examine, scrutinize' (thus in Shi 26,2); in the die-sheng 茹藘 *n(h)a-r(h)a 'Chinese madder (Rubia cordiflora)'. Also read *n(h)aʔ (MC ńö́, FQ 人渚), *n(h)aʔ-s (MC ńö̀, FQ 人恕), Pek. rǔ, rù 'to swallow'.
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 1087
Karlgren code: 0094 r
Shijing occurrences: 26.2_
