Ru (茹)

Pronunciation	Rú (Mandarin) Yu (Cantonese)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)	Ju

Ru is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 茹 in Chinese character. Ju is in Wade–Giles, and Yuh is romanized in Yale (Cantonese). Ru is listed 331st in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.^[1] It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China.^[2]

• Ru Faliang (茹法亮; 5th century), Southern Qi dynasty official
• Ru Taisu (茹太素; died 1389), Ming dynasty Minister of Revenue
• Ru Chang (茹瑺; died 1409), Ming dynasty Minister of War
• Ru Yun (茹鈗; 1696–?), Qing dynasty general
• Ru Fen (茹棻; 1755–1821), Qing dynasty zhuangyuan and Minister of War
• Ru Zhijuan (茹志鹃; 1925–1998), novelist
• Ru Ping (茹萍; born 1966), actress
• Julian Yee Zhi Jie or Ru Zijie (茹自杰; born 1997), Malaysian figure skater

Surname list

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