柔

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Contents

1 Translingual
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Han character
  - 1.2.1 References
2 Cantonese
- 2.1 Hanzi
3 Japanese
- 3.1 Kanji
  - 3.1.1 Readings
  - 3.1.2 Compounds
4 Korean
- 4.1 Hanja
5 Mandarin
- 5.1 Hanzi
  - 5.1.1 Compounds
6 Vietnamese
- 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 矛 + 木 (“tree”) – wood soft enough that it can easily be cut.

[edit] Han character

柔 (radical 75 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓竹木 (NHD), four-corner 1790₄)

soft
gentle, pliant

[edit] References

KangXi: page 519, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14622
Dae Jaweon: page 907, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1192, character 2
Unihan data for U+67D4

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

柔 (Yale yau4)

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

柔 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

[edit] Readings

On: にゅう (nyū), じゅう (jū)
Kun: やわらかい (yawarakai), やわらげる (yawarageru), やわらぐ (yawaragu)

[edit] Compounds

柔術 (じゅうじゅつ, romaji jūjutsu)
柔順
柔道 (じゅうどう, romaji jūdō)
柔軟
柔和

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

柔 (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

柔 (pinyin róu (rou2), Wade-Giles jou²)

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

柔 (nhu)

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