Kilo Lingo

(rù) - to enter; to go into in Mandarin

Traditional: 入

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Translation

to enter; to go into

Word origin

A pictograph of a pointed shape entering or being inserted, giving the basic meaning of to enter or go in.

Origin
pictographic
Root
a pointed form entering an opening, depicting entry

Stroke order

Stroke order for 入

Examples

Please enter the meeting room.

tuán

Would you like to join our team?

He successfully got into university.

tuōxié

Please take off your shoes when entering the house.

He has finally fallen asleep.

入 (rù) means to enter, used in 进入 (jìn rù) "to enter" and 加入 (jiā rù) "to join".

Appears in 2 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 入.

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This word is part of lesson 103.