Chinese Character for "Scholar" or "Confucianism"

Chinese Character for "Scholar" or "Confucianism"

Chinese character for scholar, learned man, Confucianism, Confucianist. Image credit: Words-Chinese.com.

There are several Chinese characters that can be translated as "scholar," but the "ru" character refers especially to the scholar Confucius, and by extension to Confucianism in general. Confucianism is also known as "Ruism."