柔
gentleness, softness, tender, weakness
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
9 / 9
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:9
JLPT:2
Frequency:1187
Vocabulary
ジュウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柔道 | ジュウドウ | judo |
| 柔軟 | ジュウナン | flexible; lithe; soft; pliable; calisthenics |
| 懐柔 | カイジュウ | winning over; placation; gentle persuasion |
| 優柔不断 | ユウジュウフダン | indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating |
| 柔順 | ジュウジュン | obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant |
ニュウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柔和 | ニュウワ | gentle; mild; meek; tender |
| 柔弱 | ニュウジャク | weak; weak-kneed; soft; feeble; effeminate |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柔やか | にこやか | smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful |
| 柔魚 | イカ | cuttlefish; squid |
| 温柔しい | おとなしい | gentle; quiet; mild; meek; obedient; docile; well-behaved; tame; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober |
| 柔らか | やわらか | soft; tender; pliant; supple; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; gentle (demeanour, voice, etc.); mild; informal; light; flexible (e.g. thinking) |
| 柔らぐ | やわらぐ | to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate |
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