# 若

| 若 | U+82E5, &#33509; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82E5 |
| ← 苤 [U+82E4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 苦 → [U+82E6] |
| 若 | U+F974, &#63860; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F974 |
| ← 拾 [U+F973] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 掠 → [U+F975] |
| 若 | U+2F998, &#194968; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F998 |
| ← 𦬼 [U+2F997] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 茝 → [U+2F999] |

## Translingual
### Han character

若 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 9 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 8 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese, cangjie input 廿大口 (TKR), four-corner 4460$_4$, composition ⿱艹右)

#### Derived characters

* 喏 婼 惹 諾 蠚 逽 蹃 箬 楉 鄀

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1023, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30796
* Dae Jaweon: page 1482, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3187, character 7
* Unihan data for U+82E5
* Unihan data for U+F974
* Unihan data for U+2F998

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 若 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 若 | *nja, *njaʔ, *njaɡ |
| 婼 | *nja, *nje, *n̥ʰaɡ |
| 惹 | *njaʔ, *njaɡ |
| 諾 | *naːɡ |
| 蠚 | *hnaːɡ, *n̥ʰaɡ |
| 逽 | *naɡ |
| 蹃 | *naɡ, *rnaːɡ |
| 箬 | *njaɡ |
| 楉 | *njaɡ |
| 鄀 | *njaɡ |
Pictogram (象形) – a person combing their hair; obedient.
Later 口 was added and the original component came to be written 叒.

### Etymology 1
#### “you; your”

    From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“you”).

#### "like this; such; if"

    Derived from 如 (OC *nja, *njas) with distributive suffix *-k (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with 諾 (OC *naːɡ, “to agree; to say yes”).

#### "that"

    Cognate with 那 (nà, “that”), 爾 (OC *njelʔ, “that”) (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ruò (ruo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): joek$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): na / ngiâ / yo̍k
* Eastern Min (BUC): nâ / iŏk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ná / nā / nǎ / lio̍k / jio̍k / jia̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): riag$^8$ / riêh$^8$ / rioh$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$zaq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ruò
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ruò
*** Wade–Giles: jo$^4$
*** Yale: rwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruoh
*** Palladius: жо (žo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: joek$^6$
*** Yale: yeuhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: joek$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yêg$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jœːk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: na / ngiâ / yo̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: na / ngia$^ˊ$ / iog
*** Hagfa Pinyim: na$^4$ / ngia$^1$ / yog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /na⁵⁵/, /ŋi̯a²⁴/, /i̯ok̚⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: na / ngiâ / yo̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: na / ngia$^ˊ$ / (r)iog
*** Hagfa Pinyim: na$^4$ / ngia$^1$ / yog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /na⁵⁵/, /ŋi̯a²⁴/, /(j)i̯ok̚⁵/
* na - vernacular (“if”);
* ngiâ - vernacular (“your");
* yo̍k - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit若 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʐuo⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /iau⁵³/ /ʐuo⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ʐɤ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /luə²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /yə⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʐuo²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /vo²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /u²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʐuə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /və¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʐuɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /io²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /zo³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /zo²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʐo³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ioʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʐuɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /zuaʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ʐʌʔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ʐuaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zaʔ¹/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zɑʔ³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /zɑʔ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ja²¹³/ /ȵa²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /iɔʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /io²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /io²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /lɔʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /iok̚⁵/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ʒok̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jœk̚²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /jœk̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /jœk̚²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /liɔk̚⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /nuoʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /iɔ²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ziak̚⁵/ /zioʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ziɔk̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: nyak
Rime :
| Character | 若 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 藥 (107) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 而灼切 |
| Baxter | nyak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵɨɐk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiɐk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑiɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵɨak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiak̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭak̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯ak̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ruò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | joek$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*nak/
    (Zhengzhang): /*njaɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 若 | 若 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | ruò | ruò |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nyak › | ‹ nyak › |
| Old Chinese | /*nak/ | /*nak/ |
| English | you | agree |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 若 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 10940 |
| Phonetic component | 若 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 若 |
| Old Chinese | /*njaɡ/ |
| Notes | 叒加口轉註 |

#### Definitions

若
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be obedient to; compliant
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to trim vegetables
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to choose
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) you; your
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
    Jì shǐ wǒ yǔ ruò biàn yǐ, ruò shèng wǒ, wǒ bù ruò shèng, ruò guǒ shì yě? [Pinyin]
    If you and I debate, you defeat me and I cannot defeat you, are you really correct?
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Wú wēng jí ruò wēng. [Pinyin]
    My father is just the same as your father.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) he; his
* like; as if
    旁若無人／旁若无人 ― pángruòwúrén ― as if no one is nearby
    From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2nd century CE
    Dú ruò lán. [Pinyin]
    Read as "闌 / 阑 (lán)".
* if; supposing; assuming
       Tiān ruò yǒu qíng tiān yì lǎo. [Pinyin]
       If Heaven had feelings, Heaven too would grow old.
    From: 許冠傑, 紙船
    joek$^6$ taa$^1$ zung$^1$ jyu$^1$ gin$^3$ zek$^3$ zi$^2$ syun$^4$, pun$^4$ syun$^4$ mung$^6$ leoi$^5$ cin$^1$ baak$^3$ zyun$^2$ [Jyutping]
    If she finally sees the paper boat / spiraling in dreams
* in this way
* (Chinese mythology) Ruo, mythological divine being of the northern seas
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Yúshì yān Hé Bó shǐ xuán qí miànmù, wàng yáng xiàng Ruò ér tàn. [Pinyin]
    Then He Bo began to turn his face round, looked across the expanse, as if he were confronting Ruo, and sighed.
    From: The Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE
    Shǐ Xiāng líng gǔ sè xī, lìng hǎi Ruò wǔ Féng Yí. [Pinyin]
    I invite the Genius of River Xiang to play the se, and the oceanic Ruo to dance with Feng Yi of the Yellow River.
* Pollia japonica
* a surname

##### Synonyms

* (like):
* 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
* 似 (ci$^5$) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
* 似乎 (sìhū)
* 似如 (si$^4$ y$^2$) (Xiang)
* 像 (xiàng)
* 像係 / 像系 (Hakka)
* 像是 (xiàngshì)
* 儼如 / 俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
* 儼然 / 俨然 (yǎnrán)
* 儼若 / 俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
* 勝如 / 胜如 ($^5$sen-zy) (Wu)
* 好似 (hǎosì)
* 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
* 如同 (rútóng)
* 好比 (hǎobǐ)
* 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
* 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
* 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
* 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
* 就像 (jiùxiàng)
* 彷彿 / 仿佛 (fǎngfú)
* 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
* 恍若 (huǎngruò)
* 敢若 (Hokkien)
* 敢若是 (Hokkien)
* 𣍐輸 / 𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
* 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
* 猶似 / 犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
* 猶像 / 犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
* 猶如 / 犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
* 甲像 (Hokkien)
* 甲像是 (Hokkien)
* 甲親像 / 甲亲像 (Hokkien)
* 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
* 看似 (kànsì)
* 看來 / 看来 (kànlái)
* 看樣子 / 看样子 (kànyàngzi)
* 看起來 / 看起来 (kànqilai)
* 若像 (Hokkien)
* 若親像 / 若亲像 (Hokkien)
* 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
* 親像 / 亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
* 象 (xiàng)
* 貌似 (màosì)
* 賽可 / 赛可 (Ningbonese)
* 較像 / 较像 (Hokkien)
* 較像是 / 较像是 (Hokkien)
* 較親像 / 较亲像 (Hokkien)
* 顯得 / 显得 (xiǎnde)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 汝, 爾, 乃, 而, 若, 伊, 子, 君 †, 卿 † |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 你, 您 †, 閣下 †, 臺端 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 你, 您 †, 您老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 你, 您 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 你, 您老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 你 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 你 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 †, 你老 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 你, 你老 †, 你老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 你, 你老 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 你, 你老 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 †, 你老 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 你, 您 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 你, 您 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 你 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 你, 你了 † |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 你, 你老 † |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 你, 你老 † |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 你, 你老 † |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 你, 你家 † |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 你, 恁 †, 恁老人家 † |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 你 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 你 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 你 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 你 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 你 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 你, 你老 † |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 † |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 你 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 你 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 你 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 你 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 你 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 你, 恁 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 你, 恁 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 你 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 你, 恁 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 你, 恁 †, 恁老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 你, 你老 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 你, 你老兒 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Dingbian | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 你, 喬, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanqi | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 恁, 你, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Pizhou | 恁, 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lianyungang (Ganyu) | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Donghai | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 你, 你家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 你 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 你, 您 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 你 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 你, 您 †, 你家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 你, 你老 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 你, 你家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 你, 你家 †, 老人家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 你, 你家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 你, 您哪 †, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 你, 您 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 你, 你家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 你, 你家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 你, 你家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Xiakuojie) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fujian) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 你, 你家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Baoying | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Taizhou | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Zhenjiang | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huai'an (Huaiyin) | 你, 您兒 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xuyi | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Rugao | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yancheng | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Funing | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Sihong | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Mandarin | Qinzhou (Longmengang) | 你 |
| Mandarin | Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 你 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 你 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Shek Pik; Weitou) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 你 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 你 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 你 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Beixipo, Dianbai; Malan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Bengtangque, Dianbai; Malan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Mianhuadi, Dianbai; Malan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Shanzuipo, Dianbai; Malan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Binglanghua, Dianbai; Malan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 你 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Pingdong, Longgang; Shehua) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Pingshan; Zhanmi) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 你 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 你 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 你 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 你 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 你 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 你 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 你 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 你 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 你 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 你 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 你 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 你 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 你 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 你 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 你 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 你 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 你 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 你 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 你 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 你 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 你 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 爾, 恁 |
| Gan | Nanchang (Wangcheng) | 恁 |
| Gan | Anyi | 爾仂 |
| Gan | Lushan | 爾 |
| Gan | Pengze | 爾 |
| Gan | Duchang | 爾, 爾儂 |
| Gan | Wuning (Quankou) | 恁 |
| Gan | Poyang | 你 |
| Gan | Yugan | 你, 你郎 |
| Gan | Wannian | 你 |
| Gan | Hengfeng | 爾, 爾仂 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Hekou) | 爾, 爾仂 |
| Gan | Leping | 你 |
| Gan | Yichun | 你 |
| Gan | Yifeng | 爾 |
| Gan | Gao'an | 爾 |
| Gan | Fengxin | 你 |
| Gan | Shanggao | 爾 |
| Gan | Wanzai | 爾 |
| Gan | Fengcheng | 你 |
| Gan | Xinyu | 你 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Shangdundu) | 你 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Dongxiang) | 爾仂 |
| Gan | Nancheng | 恁 |
| Gan | Nanfeng | 你仂, 你 |
| Gan | Yihuang | 恁 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 汝 |
| Gan | Chongren | 爾 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 恨, 你 |
| Gan | Lianhua | 你 |
| Gan | Ji'an | 你 |
| Gan | Yongfeng | 恁 |
| Gan | Taihe | 你 |
| Gan | Xiajiang | 你 |
| Gan | Yongxin | 你 |
| Gan | Yingtan (Yujiang) | 爾 |
| Gan | Guixi | 爾, 爾仂 |
| Gan | Jianning | 你 |
| Gan | Jinxian | 恁, 爾 |
| Gan | Jinxi | 恁 |
| Gan | Le'an | 你 |
| Gan | Guangchang | 你 |
| Gan | Anfu | 你 |
| Gan | Suichuan | 你 |
| Gan | Wan'an | 你 |
| Gan | Jing'an | 爾 |
| Gan | Zhangshu | 你 |
| Gan | Xingan | 你 |
| Gan | Fenyi | 你 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 你 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 你 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 你 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 你 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 你 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 你 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 你 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 你 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 你 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 你 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 你 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 你 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 你 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 你 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 你 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 你 |
| Hakka | Changting | 你 |
| Hakka | Shanghang | 汝 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 汝 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 你 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 你 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 你 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 你 |
| Hakka | Qingliu | 你 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 你 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 恁 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 你 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 你 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 你 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Nankang) | 你 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 你 |
| Hakka | Dingnan | 你 |
| Hakka | Longnan | 你 |
| Hakka | Xunwu | 爾 |
| Hakka | Huichang | 恨, 爾 |
| Hakka | Chongyi | 你 |
| Hakka | Xingguo | 你 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 你 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 你 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 你 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 你 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 你 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 你 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 你 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 你 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 你 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Longtan) | 你 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingping) | 你 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingjiao) | 你 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 你 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 你 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 你 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 你 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 你 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 你 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 爾, 爾仂 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 爾, 你, 你老人家 † |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 爾, 爾仂 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 爾 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 爾 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 爾 |
| Huizhou | Chun'an (Qiandaohu) | 爾 |
| Huizhou | Jiande (Meicheng) | 爾 |
| Huizhou | Jiande (Shouchang) | 曾, 曾儂 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 你, 你家 † |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 你, 您 †, 你家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Jin | Datong | 你, 您兒 † |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 你, 你吶 † |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 你, 你老兒家 † |
| Jin | Changzhi | 你 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 你, 您 † |
| Jin | Linhe | 你, 您 †, 你老兒家 † |
| Jin | Jining | 你, 您 †, 你家 † |
| Jin | Hohhot | 你, 您 †, 您老兒家 † |
| Jin | Baotou | 你, 您 † |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 你, 您 † |
| Jin | Haibowan | 你, 您 † |
| Jin | Erenhot | 你, 您兒 † |
| Jin | Pingshan | 你 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 你, 您 †, 你老 † |
| Jin | Handan | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jin | Linzhou | 你 |
| Jin | Suide | 你 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 你 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 你 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 你 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 你 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 汝 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 你 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 你 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 你 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Taishun | 爾 |
| Eastern Min | Cangnan | 爾 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 汝 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 汝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 汝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 汝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 汝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 汝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 汝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 汝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 汝 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 你 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 你 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 你 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 你 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 𫣴 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 𫣴 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 你 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 你 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 汝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 汝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 你 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 你 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 你 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 你 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 你 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 你 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 你 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 你 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 你 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 你 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 你 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 你 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 你 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 你 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 你 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 儂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 是奴 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 儂, 甚, 恆儂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 儂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 爾 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 倷 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 㑚 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 你 |
| Wu | Changshu | 儂 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 能 |
| Wu | Nantong (Haimen) | 你 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 你 |
| Wu | Jiashan | 你 |
| Wu | Pinghu | 爾儂 |
| Wu | Haining (Yanguan) | 儂, 你 |
| Wu | Tongxiang | 儂 |
| Wu | Haiyan | 你 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 你 |
| Wu | Danyang | 爾 |
| Wu | Nanjing (Gaochun) | 你 |
| Wu | Huzhou | 是爾 |
| Wu | Changxing | 是爾 |
| Wu | Anji | 爾 |
| Wu | Deqing | 爾 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 你 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 儂, 是儂, 爾, 是爾 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Lin'an) | 儂, 是儂 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 儂, 你, 爾, 是爾 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) | 爾 |
| Wu | Tonglu | 你, 是你 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 諾 |
| Wu | Zhuji | 你 |
| Wu | Shengzhou | 儂 |
| Wu | Xinchang | 爾, 奶 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 諾, 爾, 爾諾 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Zhenhai) | 諾 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Fenghua) | 儂, 爾 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 儂 |
| Wu | Cixi | 儂 |
| Wu | Xiangshan | 爾, 像爾 |
| Wu | Ninghai | 爾, 爾儂 |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 儂 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 爾 |
| Wu | Tiantai | 爾 |
| Wu | Xianju | 爾 |
| Wu | Sanmen | 爾 |
| Wu | Linhai | 爾 |
| Wu | Wenling | 爾 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 你 |
| Wu | Yueqing | 你 |
| Wu | Yongjia (Fenglin) | 你 |
| Wu | Pingyang | 你 |
| Wu | Taishun | 你 |
| Wu | Wencheng | 你 |
| Wu | Lishui | 你 |
| Wu | Qingtian | 你 |
| Wu | Jinyun | 你, 定你 |
| Wu | Wuyi (Liucheng) | 爾 |
| Wu | Songyang (Xiping) | 你 |
| Wu | Yunhe | 你 |
| Wu | Jingning | 你 |
| Wu | Qingyuan | 你 |
| Wu | Longquan | 你 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 你 |
| Wu | Suichang | 你 |
| Wu | Jiangshan | 你 |
| Wu | Changshan | 爾 |
| Wu | Kaihua | 你 |
| Wu | Longyou | 你, 你儂 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 儂 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 爾, 爾儂 |
| Wu | Yiwu | 儂 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 爾 |
| Wu | Pujiang | 爾 |
| Wu | Dongyang | 爾 |
| Wu | Wuyi | 儂 |
| Wu | Lanxi | 爾, 爾儂 |
| Wu | Shangrao | 爾儂 |
| Wu | Shangrao (Guangfeng) | 爾 |
| Wu | Yushan | 恁 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 你 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 你 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 你 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 你 |
| Note | †: honorific | †: honorific |

#### Compounds

* 不絕若線 / 不绝若线
* 不若 (bùruò)
* 乃若
* 何若
* 便假若
* 倘若 (tǎngruò)
* 假若 (jiǎruò)
* 傍若無人 / 傍若无人 (pángruòwúrén)
* 傲睨自若
* 儻若 / 傥若
* 其應若響 / 其应若响
* 冷若冰霜
* 判若兩人 / 判若两人 (pànruòliǎngrén)
* 判若天淵 / 判若天渊
* 判若雲泥 / 判若云泥
* 判若鴻溝 / 判若鸿沟
* 勢若摧枯 / 势若摧枯
* 印纍綬若 / 印累绶若
* 危若朝露
* 受寵若驚 / 受宠若惊 (shòuchǒngruòjīng)
* 口若懸河 / 口若悬河 (kǒuruòxuánhé)
* 合契若神
* 呆若木雞 / 呆若木鸡 (dāiruòmùjī)
* 命若懸絲 / 命若悬丝
* 噤若寒蟬 / 噤若寒蝉 (jìnruòhánchán)
* 固若金湯 / 固若金汤 (gùruòjīntāng)
* 地若瓜分
* 夕惕若厲 / 夕惕若厉
* 大勇若怯
* 大喜若狂
* 大巧若拙
* 大智若愚 (dàzhìruòyú)
* 大直若屈
* 大辯若訥 / 大辩若讷
* 奉若神明 (fèngruòshénmíng)
* 契若金蘭 / 契若金兰
* 奚若
* 好若
* 始終若一 / 始终若一
* 嫉惡若仇 / 嫉恶若仇
* 嬌若春花 / 娇若春花
* 孰若
* 安之若命
* 安之若素 (ānzhīruòsù)
* 安若泰山
* 守身若玉
* 宛若 (wǎnruò)
* 宛若游龍 / 宛若游龙
* 寂若死灰
* 寂若無人 / 寂若无人
* 寥若晨星 (liáoruòchénxīng)
* 寵辱若驚 / 宠辱若惊
* 寸陰若歲 / 寸阴若岁
* 少成若性
* 巧若生成
* 幽若
* 幾若 / 几若 (kúi-nā)
* 從善若流 / 从善若流
* 從容自若 / 从容自若
* 心若死灰
* 必若
* 思若湧泉 / 思若涌泉
* 恍若 (huǎngruò)
* 恆若不足 / 恒若不足
* 恍若隔世
* 惘然若失 (wǎngránruòshī)
* 悵然若失 / 怅然若失 (chàngránruòshī)
* 情若手足
* 惘若有失
* 愛才若渴 / 爱才若渴
* 意氣自若 / 意气自若
* 慎終若始 / 慎终若始
* 憂心若醉 / 忧心若醉
* 懸若日月 / 悬若日月
* 指揮若定 / 指挥若定 (zhǐhuīruòdìng)
* 揚揚自若 / 扬扬自若
* 敬若神明
* 料敵若神 / 料敌若神
* 料遠若近 / 料远若近
* 旁若無人 / 旁若无人 (pángruòwúrén)
* 明若觀火 / 明若观火 (míngruòguānhuǒ)
* 昭然若揭 (zhāoránruòjiē)
* 曠若發矇 / 旷若发蒙
* 曠若發蒙 / 旷若发蒙
* 未若
* 杜若 (dùruò)
* 果若
* 棄若敝屣 / 弃若敝屣 (qìruòbìxǐ)
* 欣喜若狂 (xīnxǐruòkuáng)
* 歡喜若狂 / 欢喜若狂 (huānxǐruòkuáng)
* 歡欣若狂 / 欢欣若狂
* 歡若平生 / 欢若平生
* 歸之若水 / 归之若水
* 氣若游絲 / 气若游丝
* 求才若渴
* 求賢若渴 / 求贤若渴
* 泰山若厲 / 泰山若厉
* 泰然自若 (tàiránzìruò)
* 洞若觀火 / 洞若观火 (dòngruòguānhuǒ)
* 浮生若夢 / 浮生若梦 (fúshēngruòmèng)
* 浮生若寄
* 海若
* 深藏若虛 / 深藏若虚
* 瀟灑自若 / 潇洒自若
* 炳若日星
* 爛若披錦 / 烂若披锦
* 爽然若失 (shuǎngránruòshī)
* 狗彘不若 (gǒuzhìbùruò)
* 猶若 / 犹若
* 甘之若素
* 甘之若飴 / 甘之若饴
* 疾之若仇
* 疾惡若仇 / 疾恶若仇
* 目若懸珠 / 目若悬珠
* 目若朗星
* 目若無人 / 目若无人
* 相若 (xiāngruò)
* 眼若流星 (yǎnruòliúxīng)
* 眼若點漆 / 眼若点漆
* 瞭若指掌 / 了若指掌
* 矯若遊龍 / 矫若游龙
* 矯若驚龍 / 矫若惊龙
* 神態自若 / 神态自若
* 神色自若
* 視死若歸 / 视死若归
* 視若兒戲 / 视若儿戏
* 視若無物 / 视若无物
* 視若無睹 / 视若无睹 (shìruòwúdǔ)
* 視若草芥 / 视若草芥
* 視險若夷 / 视险若夷 (shìxiǎnruòyí)
* 粵若稽古 / 粤若稽古
* 紛若 / 纷若
* 置若罔聞 / 置若罔闻 (zhìruòwǎngwén)
* 翩若驚鴻 / 翩若惊鸿
* 背若芒刺
* 脣若塗硃 / 唇若涂朱
* 脣若塗脂 / 唇若涂脂 (chúnruòtúzhī)
* 脣若抹硃 / 唇若抹朱
* 脣若施脂 / 唇若施脂
* 自若 (zìruò)
* 至若 (zhìruò)
* 舉國若狂 / 举国若狂
* 舉重若輕 / 举重若轻 (jǔzhòngruòqīng)
* 色若死灰
* 芷若
* 若克雅 (Ruòkèyǎ)
* 若干
* 若榴 (ruòliú)
* 若準 / 若准 (nā-chún)
* 若無 / 若无 (nā-bô)
* 若羌 (Ruòqiāng)
* 茫然若失 (mángránruòshī)
* 茫然若迷
* 茝若
* 莫若 (mòruò)
* 蕙若
* 虛懷若谷 / 虚怀若谷 (xūhuáiruògǔ)
* 蠢若木雞 / 蠢若木鸡
* 行若無事 / 行若无事 (xíngruòwúshì)
* 行若狗彘 (xíngruògǒuzhì)
* 被寵若驚 / 被宠若惊
* 言事若神
* 言笑自若
* 言若懸河 / 言若悬河
* 言行若一
* 設若 / 设若 (shèruò)
* 談笑自若 / 谈笑自若 (tánxiào zìruò)
* 讀若 / 读若 (dúruò)
* 越若
* 趨之若鶩 / 趋之若鹜 (qūzhīruòwù)
* 軒昂自若 / 轩昂自若
* 較若畫一 / 较若画一
* 邈若山河
* 門庭若市 / 门庭若市 (méntíngruòshì)
* 隱若敵國 / 隐若敌国
* 難若登天 / 难若登天 (nánruòdēngtiān)
* 雨暘時若 / 雨旸时若
* 面若春花
* 顜若畫一 / 𱂴若画一
* 風雨時若 / 风雨时若
* 飄若神仙 / 飘若神仙
* 鬢若刀裁 / 鬓若刀裁
* 鬢若堆鴉 / 鬓若堆鸦
* 齒若編貝 / 齿若编贝

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rě (re$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄜˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): je$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiâ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): jiá / ché
    (Teochew, Peng'im): rê$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rě
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rě
*** Wade–Giles: jê$^3$
*** Yale: rě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ree
*** Palladius: жэ (žɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐɤ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: je$^5$
*** Yale: yéh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: je$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yé$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛː¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngia$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngia$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯a²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiá / ché
*** Tâi-lô: jiá / tsé
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jiar, zea
*** IPA (Xiamen): /d͡zia⁵³/, /t͡se⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡zia⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡se⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zia⁵³/, /t͡se⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /d͡zia⁵³/, /t͡se⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zia⁴¹/, /t͡se⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: rê$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jé
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡ze⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: nyaeX
Rime :
| Character | 若 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 人者切 |
| Baxter | nyaeX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵia$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵia$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑia$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵia$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵia$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭa$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯a$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rě |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | je$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*njaʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 若 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 10932 |
| Phonetic component | 若 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 若 |
| Old Chinese | /*njaʔ/ |

#### Definitions

若
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) hay; dried grass
* Used in compounds.

#### Compounds

* 大品般若
* 波若 (bōrě)
* 般若 (bōrě)
* 般若湯 / 般若汤 (bōrětāng)
* 般若經 / 般若经
* 若干
* 蘭若 / 兰若
* 阿練若 / 阿练若
* 阿蘭若 / 阿兰若 (ālánrě)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ré (re$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄜˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ré
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ré
*** Wade–Giles: jê$^2$
*** Yale: ré
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: re
*** Palladius: жэ (žɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐɤ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: nyae
Rime :
| Character | 若 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 人賒切 |
| Baxter | nyae |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵia/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵia/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑia/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵia/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵia/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭa/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯a/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ré |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | je$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*nja/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 若 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| No. | 10929 |
| Phonetic component | 若 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*nja/ |

#### Definitions

若
* Placename in Sichuan. (clarification of this definition is needed)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Eastern Min (BUC): niŏh
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): riêh$^8$ / rioh$^8$
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: niŏh
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡuoʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: riêh$^8$ / rioh$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jie̍h / jio̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zieʔ⁴/, /d͡zioʔ⁴/

#### Definitions

若
* (Eastern Min, Teochew) how much; how

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 何等, 何其, 一何, 何哉, 何等也, 何則 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 多麼, 何等, 何其 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 多麼, 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 多麼, 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 多麼, 多 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 多麼, 多 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 好, 多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 幾, 幾樣, 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 好 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 多 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 好 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幾, 幾咁 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 幾, 幾咁 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 幾 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 幾 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幾 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 多麼, 多來 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 幾多 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 若夥, 若 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 偌, 偌爾仔, 活, 活欲 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 偌, 活, 活欲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 偌, 偌爾仔, 偌仔爾, 活, 活欲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 偌爾, 偌仔爾 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 偌爾, 偌仔爾 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 若 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 若 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 幾 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 多少, 幾化 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 幾化 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 幾倈, 幾恁 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 幾, 幾多, 好 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 幾, 好 |

#### Compounds

* 若夥
* 若濟 / 若济
* 若行

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lōa / lǒa / gōa / jōa
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōa
*** Tâi-lô: luā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loa
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lua³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lua²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǒa
*** Tâi-lô: luǎ
*** IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /lua³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lua²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa
*** Tâi-lô: guā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goa
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jōa
*** Tâi-lô: juā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: joa
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zua³³/

#### Definitions

若
* (Hokkien) Alternative form of 偌

### Further reading

* “若”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

### References

* “若”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* young
* if

#### Readings

* Go-on: にゃく (nyaku, Jōyō $^†$)、にゃ (nya)
* Kan-on: じゃく (jaku, Jōyō)、じゃ (ja)
* Kun: わかい (wakai, 若い, Jōyō)、もしくは (moshiku wa, 若しくは)、もし (moshi, 若し)、ごとし (gotoshi, 若し)、したがう (shitagau)

#### Compounds

* 若(じゃっ)干(かん) (jakkan)
* 若(じゃく)年(ねん) (jakunen)
* 若(じゃく)輩(はい) (jakuhai)
* 老(ろう)若(にゃく) (rōnyaku)
* 若(わか)者(もの) (wakamono)
* 若人(わこうど) (wakōdo)

### Noun

若(わか) • (waka)
* "my lord" (towards a young master or a young heir)

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 若 (MC nyak).
* Recorded as Middle Korean ᅀᅣᆨ〮 (Yale: zyák) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 약 (yak)$^訓$ (Yale: yak) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ja̠k̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [약]

#### Hanja

Wikisource 若 (eumhun 같을 약 (gateul yak))
* hanja form of 약 (“like; as if”)
* hanja form of 약 (“if”)

#### Compounds

* 만약 (萬若, manyak, “if, in the event that”)
* 약간 (若干, yakgan, “a little, a bit; somewhat”)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 若 (MC nyaeX).
* Recorded as Middle Korean ᅀᅣᆼ〯 (Yale: zyǎ) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ja̠]
* Phonetic hangul: [야]

#### Hanja

若 (eumhun 반야 야 (banya ya))
* hanja form of 야 (“Used in compounds”)

#### Compounds

* 난야 (蘭若, nanya, “Buddhist temple”)
* 반야 (般若, banya)
* 반야심경 (般若心經, banyasimgyeong)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

若: Hán Nôm readings: nhược, nhã
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.