| 1 | 茹 | 茹 | rú | Ru2 | to eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell; vegetables; roots (inextricably attached to the plant); surname Ru | | |
| 2 | 茹古涵今 | 茹古涵今 | rú gǔ hán jīn | ru2 gu3 han2 jin1 | to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows) | | |
| 3 | 茹恨饮辱 | 茹恨飲辱 | rú hèn yǐn rǔ | ru2 hen4 yin3 ru3 | to submit in humiliation (idiom) | | |
| 4 | 茹荤 | 茹葷 | rú hūn | ru2 hun1 | to eat meat | | |
| 5 | 茹荤饮酒 | 茹葷飲酒 | rú hūn yǐn jiǔ | ru2 hun1 yin3 jiu3 | to eat meat and drink wine | | |
| 6 | 茹苦含辛 | 茹苦含辛 | rú kǔ hán xīn | ru2 ku3 han2 xin1 | bitter hardship; to bear one's cross | | |
| 7 | 茹藘 | 茹藘 | rú lǘ | ru2 lu:2 | Rubia cordifolia; Indian madder; munjit; also written 茜草 | | |
| 8 | 茹毛饮血 | 茹毛飲血 | rú máo yǐn xuè | ru2 mao2 yin3 xue4 | devour raw meat and fowl (of savages) | | |
| 9 | 茹素 | 茹素 | rú sù | ru2 su4 | to eat a vegetarian diet | | |
| 10 | 茹痛 | 茹痛 | rú tòng | ru2 tong4 | to endure (suffering or sorrow) | | |
| 11 | 茹鱼 | 茹魚 | rú yú | ru2 yu2 | putrid fish | | |
| 12 | 茹志鹃 | 茹誌鵑 | rú zhì juān | Ru2 Zhi4 juan1 | Ru Zhijuan (1925-1998), female novelist and politician | | |