軟

See also: 软

Translingual

Han character

軟 (radical 159 車+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十十弓人 (JJNO), four-corner 5708₂, composition ⿰車欠)

1. soft, flexible, pliable
2. weak

References

• KangXi: page 1240, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38213
• Dae Jaweon: page 1716, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3518, character 15
• Unihan data for U+8EDF

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Chinese

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trad.		軟
simp.		软

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruǎn (ruan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): ngiôn
• Min Nan (POJ): nńg

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: ruǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: juan³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯a̠n²¹⁴/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵
    • Yale: yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiôn
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ɲi̯on²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nńg
    • Tâi-lô: nńg
    • IPA (Taipei): /nŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nŋ̍⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (軟, reconstructed)
Character (軟), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 日 (38) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 而兖切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ȵiuᴇnX/	/ȵʑi̯wɛnX/	/ȵiuɛnX/	/ȵʷiɛnX/	/ȵwianX/	/ȵʑĭwɛnX/	/ȵʑjuænX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (軟, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
軟					10902					耎					元					3					輭					/*njonʔ/					俗輭字，集韻正體從㞋聲

Adjective

軟

1. soft; flexible; pliable
   • 貓的毛摸上去很軟 / 猫的毛摸上去很软  ―  māo de máo mō shàngqù hěn ruǎn   ―  A cat's fur is soft to the touch.

   • 泥很軟，我們的腳都陷進去了。 [MSC, trad.]

     泥很软，我们的脚都陷进去了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Ní hěn ruǎn, wǒmen de jiǎo dōu xiàn jìnqù le. [Pinyin]

     The mud was soft and our feet sank in.

2. soft; gentle; mild

   • 他的態度軟了下來。 [MSC, trad.]

     他的态度软了下来。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā de tàidù ruǎn le xiàlái. [Pinyin]

     His attitude has softened.

3. weak; feeble

   • 她的兩腿發軟。 [MSC, trad.]

     她的两腿发软。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā de liǎng tuǐ fā ruǎn. [Pinyin]

     Her legs felt weak.

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Japanese

Kanji

軟

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: なん (nan), ぜん (zen), ねん (nen)
• Kun: やわらか (yawaraka), やわらかい (yawarakai)

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Korean

Hanja

軟 (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune-Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

軟 (nhuyễn, nhiễn, nhũn, nhung)

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