入 (rù): to enter; to go into

Meanings

1 to enter; to go into
2 to join; to become a member
3 income; receipts

Characters

入

ru

to enter; to go into

Examples

请从这个门进入。

Qǐng cóng zhège mén jìnrù.

Please enter through this door.

他的收入很高。

Tā de shōurù hěn gāo.

His income is very high.

深入了解中国文化。

Shēnrù liǎojiě Zhōngguó wénhuà.

Gain a deep understanding of Chinese culture.

Tips

usage

入 is more formal/literary than 进 (to enter). Common compounds: 进入 (to enter), 收入 (income), 加入 (to join), 输入 (to input), 深入 (in-depth), 出入 (in and out). Entrance signs often use 入口 (entrance).

Components

pictograph

入 rù

to enter

Pictograph of a pointed object angled inward — like an arrowhead, plough-tip, or wedge driving into something. The image is motion into; the abstract verb 'to enter' rides directly on it. Visually almost identical to 人 (person), but in 入 the right stroke covers the left at the top, while in 人 the left covers the right. As Kangxi radical #11 it heads the small entering-family 内 (inside), 全 (complete), 两 (pair).

Radical

Enter Kangxi #11

The 入 radical, pictographic of a pointed object pushing inward. A small Kangxi class — 内, 全, 两 — most of which file under different radicals in modern simplified dictionaries. Visually similar to 人, so the slot is mainly historical rather than productive in modern lookup.