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柔 : Tender

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Components:

tender, weakness, gentleness, softness

On 'yomi:
ジュウ(juu) ニュウ(nyuu)
Kun 'yomi:
やわ.らか(yawa.raka) やわ.らかい(yawa.rakai) やわ(yawa) やわ.ら(yawa.ra)
Nanori:
とお(too)
Strokes:9
Radical: (75)
Usage Rating:1187
JLPT:N2
old JLPT:2
Grade:8
Unicode:067d4
jis208:29-32
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柔 Usage examples

らかい文章(やわらかいぶんしょう)informal style
らかな光(やわらかなひかり)soft light
剛と(ごうとじゅう)hardness and softness
(じゅうもう)villus (intestinal)
物腰のらかい(ものごしのやわらかい)gentle-mannered
らかみ(やわらかみ)(touch of) softness
外剛内(がいごうないじゅう)being tough on the outside but soft at heart, a faint-hearted person pretending to be brave
内剛外(ないごうがいじゅう)gentle on the outside but tough on the inside, an iron hand in a velvet glove
(ヤワ)soft, fragile, weak, poorly built, insubstantial
軟思考(じゅうなんしこう)a flexible way of thinking
軟路線(じゅうなんろせん)(taking) a flexible approach (to)
お手らか(おてやわらか)
御手らか(おてやわらか)
gently, mildly