若

ruò = ru + o4

to seem / like / as / if

若 = 艹 + 右 : Mnemonic symbol: a wooden chicken as in 呆若木鸡, "dumb as a wooden chicken".

A nazi wants to beat up a wooden chicken in the observatory's bathroom for being different, but just as he charges across a sheet of artificial lawn Rachel Rhinoceros pulls she sheet from under his feet and lets him topple head-first to the ground. She thinks that the nazi is truly as dumb as a wooden chicken.

若 character breakdown

若
- 右
  - 口
  - 𠂇
    - 一
    - 丿
- 艹

右

yòu = y + ou4

right (-hand) / the Right (politics) / west (old)

右 = 𠂇 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a nazi.

A nazi wants to eat a mandarin in the outhouse's bathroom, but Maud Younger cuts it right in the middle with a pair of scissors.

艹

cǎo = c + ao3

grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]

Artificial lawn. The King of Chu burns artificial lawn in the aorta.

右

yòu = y + ou4

(bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence

Characters with 若 as component

诺

諾

nuò = nu + o4

to consent / to promise / (literary) yes!

诺 = 若 + 讠 : Nelson Newt (nu) sees an ad on an advertising column (讠) in the observatory's bathroom (o4) with a grilled chicken on it. He turns to his wooden chicken (若) and swears (诺) to protect it from anyone who wants to grill it.

惹

rě = r + e3

to provoke / to irritate / to vex / to stir up / to anger / to attract (troubles) / to cause (problems)

惹 = 心 + 若 : A wooden chicken (若) is picking at Robinson Crusoe's (r) heart (心) in the elevator (e3) and its making him furious (惹).

匿

nì = ni + Ø4

to hide

箬

ruò = ru + o4

(bamboo) / skin of bamboo

偌

ruò = ru + o4

so / such / to such a degree

喏

nuò = nu + o4

(indicating agreement) yes / all right / (drawing attention to) look! / here! / variant of 諾|诺[nuo4]

喏

rě = r + e3

to salute / make one's curtsy

婼

chuò = chu + o4

recalcitrant

鄀

ruò = ru + o4

place name

锘

鍩

nuò = nu + o4

nobelium (chemistry)

蠚

he̅ = h + e1

to sting

Words with 若

视

視

shì

若

ruò

无

無

wú

睹

dǔ

to turn a blind eye to

趋

趨

qu̅

之

zhi̅

若

ruò

鹜

鶩

wù

to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable / an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase

门

門

mén

庭

tíng

若

ruò

市

shì

front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom) / a place with many visitors

谈

談

tán

笑

xiào

自

zì

若

ruò

to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened / to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)

貌

mào

若

ruò

潘

pa̅n

安

a̅n

to have the looks of a Pan An 潘安[Pan1 An1] (referring to a historical figure said to be extremely handsome)

阿

a̅

兰

蘭

lán

若

rě

Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah")

言

yán

行

xíng

若

ruò

一

yi̅

(idiom) one's actions are in keeping with what one says

进

進

jìn

道

dào

若

ruò

蜷

quán

entering the Way, you seem to coil back (Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3], the Book of Dao 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1], Chap. 14) / progress in the Dao can seem illusory

进

進

jìn

道

dào

若

ruò

退

tuì

progress seems like regress (the Book of Dao 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1], Chpt. 41)

郭

guo̅