软
ruǎn HSK5

flexible, soft, weak

软 (軟) ruǎn
soft adjective
yielding easily to touch or pressure; not hard or firm

这床被子摸起来非常软。

zhè chuáng bèi​zi mō qi​lai fēi​cháng ruǎn.

This quilt feels very soft to the touch.

softhearted adjective
softhearted; easily moved by pity or entreaties; lacking in firmness

他的耳朵根子软，容易听信别人的话。

tā de ěr​duo gēn​zi ruǎn, róng​yì tīng​xìn bié​ren de huà.

He is easily swayed and tends to believe whatever people tell him.

flexible adjective
pliant and capable of being bent easily; lacking rigidity

这种金属很软，可以随意弯曲。

zhè zhǒng jīn​shǔ hěn ruǎn, kě​yǐ suí​yì wān​qū.

This metal is very soft and can be bent at will.

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Has old variant

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
Traditional
軟
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+8F6F

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