茹
eat
如 is composed of the BuShou of 艸(grass) and如(means ‘as if’ or ‘such as’). The original meaning of 如 is a woman sipping or eating something gently, since如 has other meanings, the BuShou of 艸 is added to represent such meaning. Plant-based food is easier to be eaten than meat, we don’t need to bit hard.
Vocabulary of 茹
- 茹素 (to abstain from meat)
- 含辛茹苦 (endure all kinds of hardships)
Classification
Related Characters:
6芊green6艸
grass6芒
awn7芸remove weed7花flower8芣lush8芳fragrant9苤lush9苞bud9苑
park9茍introspection9茅reeds9茹eat9草grass9茫
vast9荒desolate9苦bitter9范
norm9苹duckweed10莆weed10荀herb10茶tea10芻mow10荊
chaste tree10華splendid10莫not11莊village11莘
long11萃
collect11莖stem11荼Sow-thistle11莓berry11堇clay11萌sprout11萑reed11荳
bean12菜vegetable12菲fragrance12菅
grass12萎decline12萍duckweed12著show13蒂stem of fruit13萩
Lespedeza bicolor13葷strong-smelling vegetable13葉
leaf13蒸steam13落fall13董
supervise13蒦trap14蒼dark blue14蒙cover15蔥scallion15蓬weeds15蔓vine16薔rose16蕡fragrance of grass16蕞
small16蕩shake17藍blue17薈flourish17薪
firewood17蕾flower bud17薾luxuriant18藏store18薰fumigate19藤rattan19藥medicine