柔
soft; flexible; supple; yielding; rho (Greek letter Ρρ)
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,640 U+67D4
How 柔 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Wood 木 so soft it can be cut 矛
How to remember it
gentle · Heisig RSH #1003
矛 spear + 木 tree
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 柔 as their sound component
These characters all use 柔 (róu) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柔 sound component | róu | soft, supple; gentle; flexible |
| 糅 | róu | to mix, to blend; mixed |
| 蹂 | róu | to trample, to tread on |
| 猱 | náo | a monkey with yellow hair |
Words containing 柔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴西柔术 | Bā xī róu shù | Brazilian jiu-jitsu |
| 柔身术 | róu shēn shù | contortion (performance art) |
| 包柔氏螺旋体 | Bāo róu shì luó xuán tǐ | Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria |
| 柔佛州 | Róu fó zhōu | Johor (state in Malaysia) |
| 以柔克刚 | yǐ róu kè gāng | to use softness to conquer strength (idiom) |
| 外刚内柔 | wài gāng nèi róu | soft on the inside despite one's hard shell; appearing tough on the outside as to mask one… |
| 柔情脉脉 | róu qíng mò mò | full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted |
| 柔情似水 | róu qíng sì shuǐ | tender and soft as water; deeply attached to sb |
| 柔能克刚 | róu néng kè gāng | lit. the soft can subdue the hard |
| 柔性 | róu xìng | flexibility |
| 怀柔区 | Huái róu Qū | Huairou, a district of Beijing |
| 柔软精 | róu ruǎn jīng | fabric softener (Tw) |
| 柔道 | róu dào | judo |
| 柔顺剂 | róu shùn jì | fabric softener |
| 柔美 | róu měi | gentle and beautiful |
| 柔情 | róu qíng | gentle feelings; tender sentiments |
| 柔软剂 | róu ruǎn jì | fabric softener |
| 柔和 | róu hé | gentle; soft |
| 柔佛海峡 | Róu fó Hǎi xiá | Straits of Johor (between Malaysia and Singapore) |
| 柔术 | róu shù | jujitsu; contortion (performance art) |