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如 — stroke order

rú
ㄖㄨˊ
Meaning
as
Strokes
6
Radical
女
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Watch how to write 如 (rú) stroke by stroke. 如 has 6 strokes and means “as”. It appears in common words such as 如果 (if) and 如何 (how). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 如

The most common words that use 如 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

如果rúguǒif如何rúhéhow如此rúcǐin this way如今rújīnnowadays不如bùrúnot equal to如意rúyìas one wants

How 如 is written

Radical
女
Components
女 + 口
Formation
Ideographic — A wife 女 following her husband's words 口.

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