How to write 茹

茹 [rú] 1. Eat; extended meaning as to endure. Example: 吃素 (eat vegetarian food), 吃荤 (eat meat), 忍痛 (endure pain), 含辛茹苦 (to endure hardships). Example: 含辛茹苦 (originally meant eating spicy and bitter things, extended to enduring hardship). Example: 茹古涵今 (to accept and encompass all knowledge across the ages). 2. Stink; rot. Example: “以茹鱼去蝇，蝇愈至，不可禁” (Using stinky fish to drive away flies only attracts more). 3. Soft. Example: “柔茹而寡断” (to be soft and indecisive). 4. Vegetables. Example: “菜茹有畦” (the vegetables are arranged in plots). 5. A state where roots are interconnected. Example: “拔茅连茹” (pulling up grass while also pulling up the roots). 6. A surname. Verb: 本义: 吃 (basic meaning: to eat) 造字法: 形声。从艸，如声 (character formation: phonetic as well as structure). 1. Same as the basic meaning (eat). 2. To feed (as in livestock). 3. To be greedy for. 4. To contain. 5. Extended meaning as to endure. 6. To suppose. 7. To wrap or envelop. 8. To mix and knead. 9. To estimate or guess. 10. To block or seal. 11. To rot. Noun: 12. A general term for vegetables. 13. The true root or bulbous part of plants underground. Adjective: Soft (英: soft). 引: “茹，柔也” (softness). 引: “揽茹蕙以掩涕兮，沾余襟之浪浪” (to gather soft flowers to wipe away tears). (*Quoted from the traditional Chinese dictionary explanation) （一）之又音 (there is another pronunciation).