Dong Chinese dictionary

ruǎn

flexible, soft, weak

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 耎 represents the sound. Simplified form of 軟.

Components

车 Meaning component

chē, jū

vehicle

qiàn

yawn, deficient

欠 is shorthand for the phonetic 耎 component in the variant character 輭.

Evolution

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

ruǎn

soft, flexible, pliable; weak; soft; flexible

ruǎn

variant of 軟|软[ruǎn]

Most common words with 软

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