輭

Information about character(s)

Radical: 車
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 16
Variants: 軟

Pronunciation

Pinyin: ruǎn, ér
Cantonese: jyun5
JapaneseKun: NEGURUMA
JapaneseOn: ZEN NEN NAN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: flexible, pliable; weak, feeble

CE-Dict: variant of 軟|软[ruan3]

Soothill: Soft, yielding, pliant, supple.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《車部》輭喪車也。从車而聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集下】【車字部】輭
【廣韻】而兗切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】乳兗切，𠀤音軟。【玉篇】柔也。【後漢·明帝紀】安車輭輪。【註】以蒲裹輪，令柔輭也。　又人柔弱亦謂之輭。【史記·貨殖傳】妻子輭弱。　俗作軟。或作轜。