ruǎn

flexible, soft, weak

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
車 meaning component

  Meaning component

chē

  

vehicle

耎 simplified component

  Simplified component

ruǎn

  

flexible, soft, weak

is shorthand for the phonetic component in the variant character .

Evolution

軟 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
軟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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ruǎn

soft, flexible, pliable; weak; soft; flexible

Most common words with 軟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

软件

(computer) software

soft

软弱

weak

柔软

soft

微软

Microsoft corporation