Read Edit View history 柔 róu HSK7 soft, flexible Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 矛 represents the sound and 木 represents the meaning. Pinyin Separate values with commas róu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 柔 Simp strokes 柔 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 柔 Simp strokes 柔 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 柔 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 315, 783 ], [ 364, 767 ], [ 555, 814 ], [ 596, 821 ], [ 618, 816 ], [ 640, 790 ], [ 637, 784 ], [ 547, 688 ], [ 537, 689 ] ], [ [ 453, 699 ], [ 510, 670 ], [ 540, 639 ] ], [ [ 206, 577 ], [ 250, 572 ], [ 671, 640 ], [ 740, 641 ], [ 767, 615 ], [ 692, 527 ] ], [ [ 517, 580 ], [ 538, 576 ], [ 554, 534 ], [ 557, 481 ], [ 544, 429 ], [ 517, 399 ], [ 448, 431 ] ], [ [ 523, 593 ], [ 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431 Q 444 425 457 415 Q 485 390 494 370 Q 501 355 515 358 Q 525 359 546 380 Q 585 423 578 508 Q 571 584 539 602 C 515 620 489 604 509 581 Z", "M 449 588 Q 407 497 215 390 Q 197 380 212 378 Q 239 372 317 407 Q 371 437 424 486 Q 458 517 480 547 Q 499 572 509 581 C 545 618 507 702 449 588 Z", "M 538 268 Q 590 274 868 273 Q 889 272 895 281 Q 901 294 883 309 Q 828 351 787 343 Q 694 327 542 305 L 485 298 Q 331 282 154 263 Q 132 262 148 243 Q 163 228 182 222 Q 204 215 221 220 Q 326 247 444 258 L 538 268 Z", "M 537 267 Q 537 268 538 268 L 542 305 Q 542 323 497 349 Q 485 352 476 345 Q 470 342 477 332 Q 483 323 485 298 L 483 225 Q 483 93 467 43 Q 457 0 497 -56 Q 501 -63 508 -66 Q 518 -67 524 -55 Q 537 -24 534 5 Q 531 194 536 235 L 537 267 Z", "M 444 258 Q 392 155 152 39 Q 133 29 148 25 Q 158 21 199 32 Q 253 42 304 71 Q 409 131 472 211 Q 476 218 483 225 C 517 265 471 307 444 258 Z", "M 536 235 Q 621 144 712 61 Q 736 39 773 39 Q 840 38 912 54 Q 930 57 931 62 Q 932 69 918 74 Q 870 90 814 105 Q 696 141 545 262 Q 541 265 537 267 C 512 284 515 257 536 235 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.