如 (rú): meaning and stroke order
如 (rú) means as, as if, such as.
如
- Simplified
- 如
- Traditional
- 如 (same form)
- Pinyin
- rú
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Stroke order of 如
如
- rú as; as if
- 6 strokes
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Meaning of 如
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rú
- as
- as if
- such as
Radical and structure
- 如
- Radical 女 (Kangxi radical 38) · 6 strokes · 女 on the left, 口 on the right
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Words with 如
- 不如 bù rú not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- 比如 bǐ rú for example; for instance; such as
- 如果 rú guǒ if; in case
- 一见如故 yī jiàn rú gù familiarity at first sight
- 心如刀割 xīn rú dāo gē to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom); to be torn with grief
- 假如 jiǎ rú if
- 例如 lì rú for example; for instance; such as
- 还不如 hái bù rú to be better off ...; might as well ...
- 无论如何 wú lùn rú hé (idiom) whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means
如 in our stories
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更重要的是，她手里已经有了另外两家供应商的报价，虽然都不如老郝的产品稳定，但价格低了不少。
gèng zhòngyào de shì tā shǒu lǐ yǐjīng yǒu le lìngwài liǎng jiā gōngyìngshāng de bàojià suīrán dōu bù rú lǎo Hǎo de chǎnpǐn wěndìng dàn jiàgé dī le bù shǎo
More importantly, she already had quotes from two other suppliers. Their products were less reliable than Old Hao's, but considerably cheaper.
From the story A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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她向往人间的生活，就带着修炼了五百年的青蛇小青，来到了风景如画的杭州西湖。
tā xiàngwǎng rénjiān de shēnghuó jiù dài zhe xiūliàn le wǔbǎi nián de qīngshé Xiǎoqīng láidào le fēngjǐng rú huà de Hángzhōu Xī Hú
Longing for life among humans, she took the Green Snake, Xiaoqing, who had cultivated for five hundred years, and came to West Lake in picturesque Hangzhou.
From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 如
- A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).