Memory phrase for the Kanji: 若

若

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Meaning

to seem, like, as, if

Pronunciation

 ruò

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, below: right 右 (= The hand that feeds the mouth 口)

Mnemonic
 
The plant to the right seems "as if".

Radicals

若 to seem as if
艹 grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
右 right sideA hand ナ or and a mouth 口 in the sense that you eat with your right hand.
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 Vocabulary

若干 ruò gān  a certain number or amount; how many?; how much?
若是 ruò shì  if
倘若 tǎng ruò  provided that; supposing that; if
郭沫若 Guō Mò ruò  Guo Moruo (1892~1978), writer, communist party intellectual and cultural apparatchik
静若寒蝉 jìng ruò hán chán  as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom)
惆怅若失 chóu chàng ruò shī  to feel despondent (idiom)
进道若蜷 jìn dào ruò quán  entering the Way, you seem to coil back (Laozi 老子, the Book of Dao 道德经, Chap. 14); progress in the Dao can seem illusory
进道若蜷 jìn dào ruò quán  

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