軟
軟 — Soft
soft
On’yomiナン (nan)
Kun’yomiやわらか (yawaraka)
Kun’yomiやわらかい (yawarakai)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 軟
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柔軟 | じゅうなん juunan | flexible; lithe; soft |
| 軟式 | なんしき nanshiki | soft (esp. of softball, tennis, etc.) |
| 軟禁 | なんきん nankin | house arrest |
| 軟化 | なんか nanka | softening; softening (of attitude); mollification |
| 硬軟 | こうなん kounan | hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line |
| 軟弱 | なんじゃく nanjaku | soft and lacking firmness; weak; fragile |
Study notes
軟 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1269 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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