若

See also 若

Translingual

Han character

若 (radical 140 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿大口 (TKR), four-corner 4460₄, composition ⿱艹右)

1. if, supposing, assuming
2. similar
3. young
4. you

References

• KangXi: page 1023, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30796
• Dae Jaweon: page 1482, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3187, character 7
• Unihan data for U+82E5

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Cantonese

Hanzi

若 (Yale yeuk6)

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Japanese

Noun

若 (hiragana わか, romaji waka)

1. "my lord" (towards a young master or a young heir)

Kanji

若 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: じゃく (jaku), にゃく (nyaku)
• Kun: もしくは (moshikuha), わか (waka), わかい (wakai), したがう (shitagau)

Compounds

若干 (jakkan) 若年 (jakunen) 若輩 (jakuhai)

老若 (rōnyaku) 若者 (wakamono) 若人 (wakōdo)

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Korean

Hanja

若
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 약, 야 (revised: yak, ya, McCune-Reischauer: yak, ya, Yale: yak, ya)

• Name (hangeul): 같을,만약()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

若 (pinyin ré (re2), rě (re3), rè (re4), ruò (ruo4), Wade-Giles je², je³, je⁴, jo⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

若 (nhược, nhã)