軟 (jyun5 | ruan3) : soft; flexible

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軟

jyun5

ruan3

[1] soft; flexible; pliable; tender; plastic; supple [2] weak; feeble; effeminate; cowardly [3] soft; gentle; mild [4] poor in quality; ability, etc. [5] easily moved or influenced

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: (#159)

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

軟 / 软

This word has been viewed 14565 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Feb 2015 15:25

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心軟 sam1 jyun5 = be softhearted

棉花軟糖 min4 faa1 jyun5 tong4*2 = marshmallow

軟毛筆 jyun5 mou4 bat1 = felt-tip pen

柔軟 jau4 jyun5 rou2 ruan3 = soft

軟弱 jyun5 joek6 ruan3 ruo4 = weak

軟件 jyun5 gin6*2 ruan3 jian4 = software

雞髀打人牙骹軟 gai1 bei2 daa2 jan4 ngaa4 gaau3 jyun5 = to bribe someone with a small gift 粵

微軟 mei4 jyun5 wei2 ruan3 = Microsoft ®

耳根軟 ji5 gan1 jyun5 er3 gen1 ruan3 = suggestible

耳仔軟 ji5 zai2 jyun5 er3 zai3 ruan3 = suggestible 粵
See all 72 compounds (CantoDict reports 88 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 軟
Unicode code for this character: U+8edf (off-site link)

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