汝

rǔ
#2,542 most
frequent character
thou

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

汝 has 氵 'water' as its picture part and 女 nǚ giving the sound. It first named a stream feeding the Huái. The pronoun 'you' was borrowed later for its sound only.

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Homophones

乳rǔ
breast, milk
辱rǔ
disgrace, dishonor, to insult

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