| rú | to eat/(extended meaning) to endure/a putrid smell/vegetables/roots (inextricably attached to the plant)/surname Ru, also used in given names/(used erroneously for 菇 mushroom) |
| 茹 | surname Ru |
| 茹古涵今 | to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows) |
| 茹志鹃 | Ru Zhijuan (1925-1998), female novelist and politician |
| 茹毛饮血 | devour raw meat and fowl (of savages) |
| 茹痛 | to endure (suffering or sorrow) |
| 茹素 | to eat a vegetarian diet |
| 茹苦含辛 | bitter hardship to bear one's cross |
| 茹荤 | to eat meat |
| 茹荤饮酒 | to eat meat and drink wine |
| 茹藘 | Rubia cordifolia Indian madder munjit |
| 茹鱼 | putrid fish |