Pinyin "ru2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "ru2" is split up into two parts: "ru" and "Ø2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ru"

Ru is for Rachel Rhinoceros.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø2"

In the space station's kitchen.

Characters pronounced ru2

如

rú = ru + Ø2

as / as if / such as

如 = 口 + 女 : Mnemonic symbol: Asif ibn Barkhiya, according to the Qur'an, throne hauler at the court of king Salomon.

如 = 口 + 女 : Just inside the space station's entrance, Asif ibn Barkhiya, Rachel Rhinoceros and Bessie Coleman are playing monkey, throwing a mandarin as if they were little kids.

儒

rú = ru + Ø2

scholar / Confucian

儒 = 亻 + 需 : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) wants to become a Confucian (儒) scholar (儒) and study under Rosa Luxemburg (亻), but on her first day when she is on duty in the space station's kitchen (Ø2) she forgot her cowl and instead makes up with a rain cape (需).

茹

rú = ru + Ø2

surname Ru

茹

rú = ru + Ø2

to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant)

蠕

rú = ru + Ø2

to squirm / to wiggle / to wriggle / Taiwan pr. [ruan3]

蠕

蝡

rú = ru + Ø2