軟
ruǎn HSK5

flexible, soft, weak

软 軟 ruǎn
variant 輭
soft adjective
soft; flexible; pliant; easy to bend or deform when pressure is applied

这条围巾摸起来又软又滑。

zhè tiáo wéi​jīn mō qǐ lai yòu ruǎn yòu huá.

This scarf feels soft and smooth.

沙子很软，海滩很宽。

shā​zi hěn ruǎn, hǎi​tān hěn kuān.

The sand is soft, and the beach is wide.

weak adjective
weak; feeble; lacking physical strength or energy
easily moved adjective
easily moved or influenced; lacking firmness in character; soft-hearted

你的心太软了。

nǐ de xīn tài ruǎn le.

Your heart is too soft.

gentle adjective
gentle; mild; soft in tone or manner
poor quality
poor in quality; inferior; lacking in skill or power
surname
a Chinese surname
non-forceful
using mild or persuasive means rather than force; flexible or diplomatic in approach

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Frequency
Character
Written text
1,043rd most common 149.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,446th most common 47.8 per million appears in 23% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
16.5 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
47.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Simplified
软
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+8EDF

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)