Read Edit View history 若 ruòrě HSK6 if Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a kneeling person smoothing out their unkempt hair with their hands. Based on the original meaning "conform, obey". The 口 (mouth) component was added later when the character became more abstract. Pinyin Separate values with commas ruò × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts unkempt hair. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 若 Simp strokes 若 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hand smoothing out the hair. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 若 Simp strokes 若 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 若 Simp strokes 若 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 若 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 205, 641 ], [ 228, 634 ], [ 281, 633 ], [ 475, 663 ], [ 725, 688 ], [ 765, 688 ], [ 820, 671 ] ], [ [ 343, 753 ], [ 365, 741 ], [ 384, 720 ], [ 409, 551 ] ], [ [ 609, 825 ], [ 624, 815 ], [ 644, 783 ], [ 560, 563 ] ], [ [ 103, 377 ], [ 157, 367 ], [ 403, 401 ], [ 797, 435 ], [ 842, 435 ], [ 905, 416 ] ], [ [ 446, 535 ], [ 460, 524 ], [ 476, 491 ], [ 422, 381 ], [ 365, 295 ], [ 253, 166 ], [ 202, 120 ], [ 92, 42 ] ], [ [ 375, 254 ], [ 369, 214 ], [ 400, 36 ] ], [ [ 395, 257 ], [ 409, 245 ], [ 638, 285 ], [ 675, 275 ], [ 703, 246 ], [ 665, 146 ], [ 635, 123 ] ], [ [ 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833 Q 622 843 603 835 Q 593 828 600 817 Q 609 792 604 764 Q 597 733 586 693 L 574 652 Q 549 589 551 564 Q 551 549 568 560 Q 580 569 624 655 L 644 702 Z", "M 458 388 Q 552 398 891 399 Q 913 398 918 408 Q 925 421 907 436 Q 850 481 808 473 Q 693 451 493 427 Q 487 427 482 425 L 409 418 Q 267 405 106 388 Q 84 387 100 367 Q 115 351 135 345 Q 157 338 176 343 Q 278 368 391 381 L 458 388 Z", "M 373 265 Q 410 314 458 388 L 482 425 Q 497 458 520 480 Q 527 486 526 497 Q 525 507 511 520 Q 478 550 442 546 Q 433 543 436 530 Q 442 494 409 418 L 391 381 Q 313 246 162 111 Q 128 81 85 44 Q 76 40 88 36 Q 100 37 131 56 Q 183 81 231 119 Q 283 159 336 220 L 373 265 Z", "M 385 260 Q 381 263 373 265 C 344 274 326 248 336 220 Q 355 165 368 87 Q 371 56 387 36 Q 406 14 411 29 Q 415 39 416 56 L 414 90 Q 414 91 414 94 Q 401 191 397 225 C 393 255 393 256 385 260 Z", "M 687 118 Q 717 199 752 226 Q 771 245 756 266 Q 681 329 622 306 Q 532 278 385 260 C 355 256 367 220 397 225 Q 413 228 613 260 Q 638 264 648 254 Q 658 244 655 224 Q 642 166 627 118 C 618 89 676 90 687 118 Z", "M 416 56 Q 422 56 431 57 Q 518 72 706 78 Q 716 79 718 88 Q 719 95 690 117 Q 689 118 687 118 L 627 118 Q 509 99 414 90 C 384 87 386 55 416 56 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss 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.