儒 means “Confucian, scholar”

じゅ · ju

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジュ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 16 strokes

The story

A person (亻) beside 需, waiting under the rain (雨): picture a scholar sheltering with his books until he is needed. 儒教 is Confucianism, whose ideals of loyalty and respect for elders the Edo shogunate built on, and a 儒者 is a Confucian scholar.

Used in 儒教 (jukyou, Confucianism), 儒学 (jugaku, Confucian learning), and 儒者 (jusha, Confucian scholar)

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