入
rù · HSK 6
take in
🌅 rù sounds like route — every route leads IN somewhere
The sun sets by sinking into the horizon, you take in knowledge, you enter into agreement. All meanings orbit the core idea of going inward or joining.
入 — single pictograph, two slanting strokes
入 is a pictograph showing an arrowhead or pointed entrance, with two strokes converging downward to suggest something going inward. The original sense was 'to enter,' and it still carries that meaning today. It contrasts visually with 人 (person), where the strokes cross differently at the top.