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PINYIN INITIAL R
Chinese characters starting with R
Explore 135 Chinese characters whose standard Pinyin begins with R. Open any character to hear its pronunciation, watch the stroke order, and create a printable practice sheet.
Examples in this index: 热 (rè), 人 (rén), 认 (rèn), 日 (rì), 然 (rán), 让 (ràng).
PINYIN SYLLABLES
Pronunciations starting with R
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热rè10 strokesto warm up→人rén2 strokesperson; people→认rèn4 strokesto recognize→日rì4 strokessun→然rán12 strokescorrect→让ràng5 strokesto yield→肉ròu6 strokesmeat→容róng10 strokesto hold→如rú6 strokesas→染rǎn9 strokesto dye→扰rǎo7 strokesto disturb→任rèn6 strokesto assign→仍réng4 strokesstill; yet→扔rēng5 strokesto throw→入rù2 strokesto enter; to go into→燃rán16 strokesto burn→绕rào9 strokesto wind→忍rěn7 strokesto bear→荣róng9 strokesglory→软ruǎn8 strokessoft→润rùn10 strokesmoist; glossy; sleek→弱ruò10 strokesweak; feeble→壤rǎng20 strokes(bound form) soil; earth→绒róng9 strokesvelvet→融róng16 strokesto melt→柔róu9 strokessoft→嚷rǎng20 strokesto shout→攘rǎng20 strokes(literary) to push up one's sleeves→饶ráo9 strokesrich→惹rě12 strokesto provoke→仁rén4 strokeshumane→韧rèn7 strokesannealed→饪rèn7 strokescooked food→溶róng13 strokesto dissolve→冗rǒng4 strokesextraneous→揉róu12 strokesto knead→乳rǔ8 strokesbreast→辱rǔ10 strokesdisgrace→锐ruì12 strokesacute→瑞ruì13 strokeslucky→若ruò8 strokesto seem→肰rán8 strokesdog meat→蚺rán11 strokesboa→髯rán15 strokesbeard→冉rǎn5 strokesedge of a tortoiseshell→苒rǎn8 strokesluxuriant growth→禳ráng21 strokessacrifice for avoiding calamity→蘘ráng21 strokesa kind of wild ginger→瓤ráng22 strokespulp (of fruit)→穰ráng22 strokesabundant→讓ràng24 strokesChinese character→娆ráo9 strokesgraceful→荛ráo9 strokesfuel→桡ráo10 strokesradius (anatomy)→嬈ráo15 strokesChinese character→橈ráo16 strokesChinese character→蕘ráo16 strokesChinese character→饒ráo20 strokesChinese character→繞rào18 strokesChinese character→擾rǎo18 strokesChinese character→熱rè15 strokesChinese character→亻rén2 strokes"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)→壬rén4 strokesninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]→刃rèn3 strokesedge of blade→仞rèn5 strokes(measure)→纫rèn6 strokesto thread (a needle)→妊rèn7 strokespregnant→纴rèn7 strokesto weave→轫rèn7 strokesbrake→紉rèn9 strokesChinese character→衽rèn9 strokes(literary) overlapping part of Chinese gown→軔rèn10 strokesChinese character→韌rèn12 strokesChinese character→飪rèn12 strokesChinese character→認rèn14 strokesChinese character→荏rěn9 strokesbeefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens)→稔rěn13 strokes(literary) ripe grain; ripe; harvest; year→戎róng6 strokesgeneric term for weapons (old)→肜róng7 strokessurname Rong→狨róng9 strokesmarmoset (zoology)→茸róng9 strokes(bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy→嵘róng12 strokeslofty→絨róng12 strokesChinese character→蓉róng13 strokespaste made by mashing beans or seeds etc→榕róng14 strokesRong, another name for Fuzhou 福州[Fu2 zhou1]→榮róng14 strokesChinese character→熔róng14 strokesto smelt→蝾róng15 strokessalamander→镕róng15 strokesto smelt→嶸róng17 strokesChinese character→鎔róng18 strokesChinese character→蠑róng20 strokesChinese character→禸róu5 strokestrample→糅róu15 strokesmix→蹂róu16 strokestrample→鞣róu18 strokessuede→茹rú9 strokesto eat→铷rú11 strokesrubidium (chemistry)→儒rú16 strokesscholar→蕠rú16 strokesChinese character→嚅rú17 strokeschattering→孺rú17 strokessurname Ru→濡rú17 strokesdilatory→薷rú17 strokesElshotria paltrini→襦rú19 strokesjacket→蠕rú20 strokesto squirm→颥rú20 strokesChinese character→顬rú23 strokesChinese character→洳rù9 strokesdamp→媷rù13 strokesChinese character→溽rù13 strokesdamp→缛rù13 strokesadorned→蓐rù13 strokesmat→褥rù15 strokesmattress→縟rù16 strokesChinese character→汝rǔ6 strokesthou→阮ruǎn6 strokessurname Ruan→朊ruǎn8 strokesprotein→軟ruǎn11 strokesChinese character→甤ruí12 strokesChinese character→蕤ruí15 strokesfringe→芮ruì7 strokessurname Rui→枘ruì8 strokestenon→蚋ruì10 strokes(mosquito)→睿ruì14 strokesastute→銳ruì15 strokesChinese character→蕊ruǐ15 strokesstamen→闰rùn7 strokesintercalary→閏rùn12 strokesChinese character→潤rùn15 strokesChinese character→叒ruò6 strokesold variant of 若[ruo4]→偌ruò10 strokesso→箬ruò14 strokes(bamboo)→蒻ruò14 strokesyoung rush (Typha japonica), a kind of cattail→爇ruò19 strokesheat→
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Characters are grouped by the first letter of their standard Pinyin spelling. Tone marks do not change the initial, so every pronunciation beginning with R appears together on this page.
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