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软
軟
ruǎn
1. soft
2. flexible
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

软
ruǎn
soft, pliable, flexible; weak
HSK 5 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

嘴软
zuǐruǎn
soft-spoken
微软
Wēiruǎn
Microsoft corporation
心软
xīnruǎn
to be softhearted
手软
shǒuruǎn
to be lenient
服软
fúruǎn
to admit defeat
柔软
róuruǎn
soft
杀软
shāruǎn
antivirus software
疲软
píruǎn
tired and feeble
瘫软
tānruǎn
limp
发软
fāruǎn
to weaken
细软
xìruǎn
fine and soft
耳软
ěrruǎn
credulous
变软
biànruǎn
to soften
软件
ruǎnjiàn
(computer) software
HSK 5
软包
ruǎnbāo
soft (bread) roll
软化
ruǎnhuà
to soften
软呢
ruǎnní
tweed
软坐
ruǎnzuò
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)
软尺
ruǎnchǐ
soft ruler
软席
ruǎnxí
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)

Alternate Entries

软
ruǎn
variant of [[軟|软<ruǎn>]]
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,042
Word Frequency Rank
1,714 of 84,292

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