柔 (jau4 | rou2) : soft; tender; gentle; yielding

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柔

jau4

rou2

[1] soft; tender [2] amiable; gentle; pliant; yielding; submissive; supple [3] the new grass budding in spring

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

柔

This word has been viewed 9390 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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柔和 jau4 wo4 rou2 he2 = gentle; soft

柔軟 jau4 jyun5 rou2 ruan3 = soft

溫柔 wan1 jau4 wen1 rou2 = tender; gentle and soft

柔道 jau4 dou6 rou2 dao4 = judo

柔術 jau4 seot6 rou2 shu4 = [1] ju-jitsu, jujitsu, jujutsu [2] contortionist act

懷柔 waai4 jau4 = conciliate, conciliation

衣物柔順劑 ji1 mat6 jau4 seon6 zai1 = fabric softener

柔性 jau4 sing3 rou2 xing4 = flexibility

柔弱 jau4 joek6 = weak; frail; delicate

柔情 jau4 cing4 rou2 qing2 = tender feelings, tenderness
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Decimal representation of this word: 柔
Unicode code for this character: U+67D4 (off-site link)

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