柔

Information about character(s)

Radical: 木
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: róu
Cantonese: jau4
JapaneseKun: YAWARAKAI YAWARAGERU YAWARA
JapaneseOn: NYUU JUU
Korean: YU
Vietnamese: nhu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: soft; gentle, pliant

CE-Dict: soft/flexible/supple/yielding/rho (Greek letter Ρρ)

Soothill: Pliant, yielding, soft.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.soft; supple
2.gentle; mild

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: flexible; gentle; mild; soft; soften; supple; yielding

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: flexible; gentle; mild; soft; soften; supple; yielding

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《木部》柔木曲直也。从木矛聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】柔
【唐韻】耳由切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】而由切，𠀤受平聲。【說文】木曲直也。　又柔者剛之反。【易·說卦】立地之道，曰柔與剛。【書·洪範】沈潛剛克，高明柔克。【老子·道德經】豈非以其柔耶。　又安也。【書·舜典】柔遠能邇。　又服也。【左傳·僖二十八年】我得天，楚伏其罪，我且柔之矣。　又草木新生曰柔。【詩·小雅】薇亦柔止。　又國名。【前漢·地理志】屬琅邪郡。　俗作𣐱，非。

CF-Dict: souple/flexible/doux