• 1041st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 99 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ruǎn (ruan3)soft • flexible

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

微软 (微軟)
柔软 (柔軟)
软件 (軟件)
软弱 (軟弱)

Uncommon

心软 (心軟)
疲软 (疲軟)
发软 (發軟)
变软 (變軟)
软化 (軟化)
软磨硬泡 (軟磨硬泡)
软禁 (軟禁)
软糖 (軟糖)
软绵绵 (軟綿綿)
软膏 (軟膏)
软卧 (軟臥)
软骨 (軟骨)
软体 (軟體)
松软 (鬆軟)

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  • 1036th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 57 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ruò (ruo4)weak • feeble • young • inferior • (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for ruò (ruo4)The component is pronounced as 'ruò' (ruo4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

脆弱 

Uncommon

弱势 (弱勢)
弱小 
弱智 
弱点 (弱點)
微弱 
懦弱 
柔弱 
减弱 (減弱)
示弱 
薄弱 
虚弱 (虛弱)
衰弱 
软弱 (軟弱)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.