"柔" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /ʐoʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /i̯u¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /(j)i̯u¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Sinological-IPA, Sixian, Southern], /iu¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /ieu⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /liu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen], /d͡ziu¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ziu²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /d͡ziu⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ʐoʊ̯³⁵/, /jɐu̯²¹/, /i̯u¹¹/, /(j)i̯u¹¹/, /iu¹¹/, /ieu⁵³/, /liu²⁴/, /d͡ziu¹³/, /ziu²³/, /d͡ziu⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: róu [Mandarin, Pinyin], rou² [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄖㄡˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jau⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yù [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], yu² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], iù, liû [Hokkien, POJ], jiû [Hokkien, POJ], riu⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], róu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], róu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], jou² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], róu [Mandarin, Yale], rou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], жоу [Mandarin, Palladius], žou [Mandarin, Palladius], yàuh [Cantonese, Yale], jau⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yeo⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], yù [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], iuˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], yiu² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], yù [Hakka, Meinong, Phak-fa-su, Sixian, Southern], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], iuˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], yiu² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], iù [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], liû [Hokkien, Tai-lo], liuu [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], jiû [Hokkien, Tai-lo], jiuu [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], jiû [POJ, Teochew], nyuw [Middle-Chinese], /*nu/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*mlju/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *now (“tender; soft”), which has also been compared to 軟 (OC *njonʔ, “soft”), 弱 (OC *njewɢ, “weak”), 肉 (OC *njuɡ, “meat”), 懦 (OC *noːls, *njo, “cowardly”), 荏 (OC *njɯmʔ, “weak”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007). ; “ronto-” Etymology templates: {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*now||tender; soft}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *now (“tender; soft”), {{och-l|軟|soft}} 軟 (OC *njonʔ, “soft”), {{och-l|弱|weak}} 弱 (OC *njewɢ, “weak”), {{och-l|肉|meat}} 肉 (OC *njuɡ, “meat”), {{och-l|懦|cowardly}} 懦 (OC *noːls, *njo, “cowardly”), {{och-l|荏|weak}} 荏 (OC *njɯmʔ, “weak”), {{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}} Schuessler, 2007 Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 柔
  1. soft; supple
    Sense id: en-柔-zh-character-L-D9p~0P
  2. to soften
    Sense id: en-柔-zh-character-rKHf~9OA
  3. gentle; pliant
    Sense id: en-柔-zh-character-4ssuxe92 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 13 11 36 35
  4. to make gentle
    Sense id: en-柔-zh-character-5xDkPZTj Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 13 11 36 35
  5. (~州) Short for 柔佛 (Róufó, “Johor”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 柔佛 (extra: Róufó, “Johor”)
    Sense id: en-柔-zh-character-Up17YLjy Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 13 11 36 35
  6. (Mainland China) ronto- (SI unit prefix) Tags: Mainland-China Synonyms:
    Sense id: en-柔-zh-character-hbwPrhwR Categories (other): Mainland China Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 13 11 36 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 攸/幺, 絨/柔, 绒/柔, 匱/虧, 匮/亏
Derived forms: 以柔克剛, 以柔克刚, 以柔制剛, 以柔制刚, 俠骨柔腸, 侠骨柔肠, 優柔, 优柔, 優柔寡斷 (yōuróuguǎduàn), 优柔寡断 (yōuróuguǎduàn), 克柔, 內柔外剛 (nèiróuwàigāng), 内柔外刚 (nèiróuwàigāng), 剛柔 (gāngróu), 刚柔 (gāngróu), 剛柔並濟, 刚柔并济, 剛柔相濟 (gāngróuxiāngjì), 刚柔相济 (gāngróuxiāngjì), 吐剛茹柔, 吐刚茹柔, 善柔, 外剛內柔, 外刚内柔, 外柔內剛, 外柔内刚, 嬌柔 (jiāoróu), 娇柔 (jiāoróu), 懷柔 (huáiróu), 怀柔 (huáiróu), 摧剛為柔, 摧刚为柔, 柔中有剛, 柔中有刚, 柔光鏡, 柔光镜, 柔克, 柔化 (róuhuà), 柔和 (róuhé), 柔嘉, 柔婉, 柔媚 (róumèi), 柔嫩 (róunèn), 柔弱 (róuruò), 柔心弱骨, 柔性勸導, 柔性劝导, 柔性憲法, 柔性宪法, 柔情 (róuqíng), 柔情密意, 柔情萬千, 柔情万千, 柔情綽態, 柔情绰态, 柔懦, 柔懦寡斷, 柔懦寡断, 柔握, 柔日, 柔枝嫩葉, 柔枝嫩叶, 柔柯, 柔條, 柔条, 柔毫, 柔滑, 柔潤, 柔润, 柔然 (Róurán), 柔細, 柔细, 柔美 (róuměi), 柔翰, 柔聲, 柔声, 柔聲下氣, 柔声下气, 柔能克剛, 柔能克刚, 柔能制剛, 柔能制刚, 柔腸 (róucháng), 柔肠 (róucháng), 柔腸寸斷 (róuchángcùnduàn), 柔肠寸断 (róuchángcùnduàn), 柔腸百結, 柔肠百结, 柔腸百轉, 柔肠百转, 柔舌, 柔色, 柔若無骨, 柔若无骨, 柔荑 (róutí), 柔茹剛吐, 柔茹刚吐, 柔茹寡斷, 柔茹寡断, 柔術 (róushù), 柔术 (róushù), 柔軟 (róuruǎn), 柔软 (róuruǎn), 柔軟體操, 柔软体操, 柔道 (róudào), 柔遠 (róuyuǎn), 柔远 (róuyuǎn), 柔遠能邇, 柔远能迩, 柔韌 (róurèn), 柔韧 (róurèn), 柔順 (róushùn), 柔顺 (róushùn), 柔麻, 桑柔, 溫柔 (wēnróu), 温柔 (wēnróu), 溫柔敦厚, 温柔敦厚, 溫柔鄉, 温柔乡, 玉柔, 玉軟花柔, 玉软花柔, 細柔, 细柔, 繞指柔, 绕指柔, 纖柔, 纤柔, 腼腆溫柔, 茹柔吐剛, 茹柔吐刚, 軟柔柔, 软柔柔, 輕柔, 轻柔, 輯柔, 辑柔, 鐵骨柔情, 铁骨柔情, 陰柔害物, 阴柔害物, 韋柔, 韦柔

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  "derived": [
    {
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      "word": "以柔克剛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "以柔克刚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "以柔制剛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "以柔制刚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "俠骨柔腸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "侠骨柔肠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "優柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "优柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yōuróuguǎduàn",
      "word": "優柔寡斷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yōuróuguǎduàn",
      "word": "优柔寡断"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "克柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "nèiróuwàigāng",
      "word": "內柔外剛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "nèiróuwàigāng",
      "word": "内柔外刚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāngróu",
      "word": "剛柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāngróu",
      "word": "刚柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "剛柔並濟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "刚柔并济"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāngróuxiāngjì",
      "word": "剛柔相濟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāngróuxiāngjì",
      "word": "刚柔相济"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "吐剛茹柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "吐刚茹柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "善柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "外剛內柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "外刚内柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "外柔內剛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "外柔内刚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiāoróu",
      "word": "嬌柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiāoróu",
      "word": "娇柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huáiróu",
      "word": "懷柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huáiróu",
      "word": "怀柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "摧剛為柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "摧刚为柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔中有剛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔中有刚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔光鏡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔光镜"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔克"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róuhuà",
      "word": "柔化"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róuhé",
      "word": "柔和"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔嘉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔婉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róumèi",
      "word": "柔媚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róunèn",
      "word": "柔嫩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róuruò",
      "word": "柔弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔心弱骨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔性勸導"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔性劝导"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔性憲法"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔性宪法"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róuqíng",
      "word": "柔情"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔情密意"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔情萬千"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔情万千"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔情綽態"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔情绰态"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔懦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔懦寡斷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔懦寡断"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔握"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔日"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔枝嫩葉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔枝嫩叶"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔柯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔條"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔条"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔毫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔滑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔潤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔润"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Róurán",
      "word": "柔然"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔細"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔细"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róuměi",
      "word": "柔美"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔翰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔聲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔声"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔聲下氣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔声下气"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔能克剛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔能克刚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔能制剛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔能制刚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róucháng",
      "word": "柔腸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róucháng",
      "word": "柔肠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róuchángcùnduàn",
      "word": "柔腸寸斷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róuchángcùnduàn",
      "word": "柔肠寸断"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔腸百結"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔肠百结"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔腸百轉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔肠百转"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔舌"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔色"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔若無骨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔若无骨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róutí",
      "word": "柔荑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔茹剛吐"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔茹刚吐"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔茹寡斷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔茹寡断"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róushù",
      "word": "柔術"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róushù",
      "word": "柔术"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róuruǎn",
      "word": "柔軟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róuruǎn",
      "word": "柔软"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔軟體操"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔软体操"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róudào",
      "word": "柔道"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róuyuǎn",
      "word": "柔遠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róuyuǎn",
      "word": "柔远"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔遠能邇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔远能迩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róurèn",
      "word": "柔韌"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róurèn",
      "word": "柔韧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róushùn",
      "word": "柔順"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róushùn",
      "word": "柔顺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "柔麻"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "桑柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wēnróu",
      "word": "溫柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wēnróu",
      "word": "温柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "溫柔敦厚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "温柔敦厚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "溫柔鄉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "温柔乡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "玉柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "玉軟花柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "玉软花柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "細柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "细柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "繞指柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绕指柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "纖柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "纤柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "腼腆溫柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "茹柔吐剛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "茹柔吐刚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "軟柔柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "软柔柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "輕柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "轻柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "輯柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "辑柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鐵骨柔情"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "铁骨柔情"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "陰柔害物"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "阴柔害物"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "韋柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "韦柔"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 0,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
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          },
          "expansion": "柔",
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        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "柔",
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            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "柔(じゅう) (jū)",
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        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
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            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 유(柔) (yu)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
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          "expansion": "柔",
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          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
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            "t": "",
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          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: nhu (柔)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "柔",
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            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
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            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
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            "v": "柔",
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            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (柔):\n* → Japanese: 柔(じゅう) (jū)\n* → Korean: 유(柔) (yu)\n* → Vietnamese: nhu (柔)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "じゅう",
            "3": "유",
            "4": "nhu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (柔):\n* → Japanese: 柔(じゅう) (jū)\n* → Korean: 유(柔) (yu)\n* → Vietnamese: nhu (柔)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (柔):\n* → Japanese: 柔(じゅう) (jū)\n* → Korean: 유(柔) (yu)\n* → Vietnamese: nhu (柔)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "sit-pro",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *now (“tender; soft”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "軟",
        "2": "soft"
      },
      "expansion": "軟 (OC *njonʔ, “soft”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "弱",
        "2": "weak"
      },
      "expansion": "弱 (OC *njewɢ, “weak”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "肉",
        "2": "meat"
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      "expansion": "肉 (OC *njuɡ, “meat”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "懦",
        "2": "cowardly"
      },
      "expansion": "懦 (OC *noːls, *njo, “cowardly”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "荏",
        "2": "weak"
      },
      "expansion": "荏 (OC *njɯmʔ, “weak”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Schuessler, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Schuessler, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *now (“tender; soft”), which has also been compared to 軟 (OC *njonʔ, “soft”), 弱 (OC *njewɢ, “weak”), 肉 (OC *njuɡ, “meat”), 懦 (OC *noːls, *njo, “cowardly”), 荏 (OC *njɯmʔ, “weak”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).\n; “ronto-”",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
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      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "攸/幺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "絨/柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绒/柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "匱/虧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "匮/亏"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "soft; supple"
      ],
      "id": "en-柔-zh-character-L-D9p~0P",
      "links": [
        [
          "soft",
          "soft"
        ],
        [
          "supple",
          "supple"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to soften"
      ],
      "id": "en-柔-zh-character-rKHf~9OA",
      "links": [
        [
          "soften",
          "soften"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 13 11 36 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gentle; pliant"
      ],
      "id": "en-柔-zh-character-4ssuxe92",
      "links": [
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
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        [
          "pliant",
          "pliant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 13 11 36 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make gentle"
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      "id": "en-柔-zh-character-5xDkPZTj",
      "links": [
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "alt_of": [
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          "extra": "Róufó, “Johor”",
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        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 13 11 36 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for 柔佛 (Róufó, “Johor”)."
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      "id": "en-柔-zh-character-Up17YLjy",
      "links": [
        [
          "州",
          "州#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "柔佛",
          "柔佛#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "Johor",
          "Johor"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(~州) Short for 柔佛 (Róufó, “Johor”)."
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      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mainland China Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 13 11 36 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ronto- (SI unit prefix)"
      ],
      "id": "en-柔-zh-character-hbwPrhwR",
      "links": [
        [
          "ronto-",
          "ronto-"
        ],
        [
          "SI unit",
          "Appendix:SI units#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mainland China) ronto- (SI unit prefix)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "絨"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "róu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄖㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "iù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "riu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "róu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "róu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "róu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "жоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "žou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐoʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iuˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯u¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iuˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯u¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iu¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iù"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ieu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziu¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiû"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyuw"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*nu/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mlju/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐoʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐu̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯u¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯u¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iu¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ieu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziu¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziu²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*nu/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*mlju/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "柔"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Eastern Min adjectives",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min proper nouns",
    "Eastern Min verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "以柔克剛"
    },
    {
      "word": "以柔克刚"
    },
    {
      "word": "以柔制剛"
    },
    {
      "word": "以柔制刚"
    },
    {
      "word": "俠骨柔腸"
    },
    {
      "word": "侠骨柔肠"
    },
    {
      "word": "優柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "优柔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōuróuguǎduàn",
      "word": "優柔寡斷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōuróuguǎduàn",
      "word": "优柔寡断"
    },
    {
      "word": "克柔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nèiróuwàigāng",
      "word": "內柔外剛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nèiróuwàigāng",
      "word": "内柔外刚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāngróu",
      "word": "剛柔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāngróu",
      "word": "刚柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "剛柔並濟"
    },
    {
      "word": "刚柔并济"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāngróuxiāngjì",
      "word": "剛柔相濟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāngróuxiāngjì",
      "word": "刚柔相济"
    },
    {
      "word": "吐剛茹柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "吐刚茹柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "善柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "外剛內柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "外刚内柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "外柔內剛"
    },
    {
      "word": "外柔内刚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiāoróu",
      "word": "嬌柔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiāoróu",
      "word": "娇柔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huáiróu",
      "word": "懷柔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huáiróu",
      "word": "怀柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "摧剛為柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "摧刚为柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔中有剛"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔中有刚"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔光鏡"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔光镜"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔克"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róuhuà",
      "word": "柔化"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róuhé",
      "word": "柔和"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔嘉"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔婉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róumèi",
      "word": "柔媚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róunèn",
      "word": "柔嫩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róuruò",
      "word": "柔弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔心弱骨"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔性勸導"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔性劝导"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔性憲法"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔性宪法"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róuqíng",
      "word": "柔情"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔情密意"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔情萬千"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔情万千"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔情綽態"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔情绰态"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔懦"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔懦寡斷"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔懦寡断"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔握"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔日"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔枝嫩葉"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔枝嫩叶"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔柯"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔條"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔条"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔毫"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔滑"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔潤"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔润"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Róurán",
      "word": "柔然"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔細"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔细"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róuměi",
      "word": "柔美"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔翰"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔聲"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔声"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔聲下氣"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔声下气"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔能克剛"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔能克刚"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔能制剛"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔能制刚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róucháng",
      "word": "柔腸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róucháng",
      "word": "柔肠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róuchángcùnduàn",
      "word": "柔腸寸斷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róuchángcùnduàn",
      "word": "柔肠寸断"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔腸百結"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔肠百结"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔腸百轉"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔肠百转"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔舌"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔色"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔若無骨"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔若无骨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róutí",
      "word": "柔荑"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔茹剛吐"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔茹刚吐"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔茹寡斷"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔茹寡断"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róushù",
      "word": "柔術"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róushù",
      "word": "柔术"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róuruǎn",
      "word": "柔軟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róuruǎn",
      "word": "柔软"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔軟體操"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔软体操"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róudào",
      "word": "柔道"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róuyuǎn",
      "word": "柔遠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róuyuǎn",
      "word": "柔远"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔遠能邇"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔远能迩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róurèn",
      "word": "柔韌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róurèn",
      "word": "柔韧"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róushùn",
      "word": "柔順"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róushùn",
      "word": "柔顺"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔麻"
    },
    {
      "word": "桑柔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wēnróu",
      "word": "溫柔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wēnróu",
      "word": "温柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "溫柔敦厚"
    },
    {
      "word": "温柔敦厚"
    },
    {
      "word": "溫柔鄉"
    },
    {
      "word": "温柔乡"
    },
    {
      "word": "玉柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "玉軟花柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "玉软花柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "細柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "细柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "繞指柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "绕指柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "纖柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "纤柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "腼腆溫柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "茹柔吐剛"
    },
    {
      "word": "茹柔吐刚"
    },
    {
      "word": "軟柔柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "软柔柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "輕柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "轻柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "輯柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "辑柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "鐵骨柔情"
    },
    {
      "word": "铁骨柔情"
    },
    {
      "word": "陰柔害物"
    },
    {
      "word": "阴柔害物"
    },
    {
      "word": "韋柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "韦柔"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
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          "expansion": "柔",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "柔",
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            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "柔(じゅう) (jū)",
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        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
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            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
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          "expansion": "→ Korean: 유(柔) (yu)",
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
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          "expansion": "柔",
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
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            "t": "",
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          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: nhu (柔)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "柔",
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            "6": "",
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            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "柔",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "柔",
            "v": "柔",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
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          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "じゅう",
            "3": "유",
            "4": "nhu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (柔):\n* → Japanese: 柔(じゅう) (jū)\n* → Korean: 유(柔) (yu)\n* → Vietnamese: nhu (柔)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (柔):\n* → Japanese: 柔(じゅう) (jū)\n* → Korean: 유(柔) (yu)\n* → Vietnamese: nhu (柔)"
    }
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "軟",
        "2": "soft"
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      "expansion": "軟 (OC *njonʔ, “soft”)",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "弱",
        "2": "weak"
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      "expansion": "弱 (OC *njewɢ, “weak”)",
      "name": "och-l"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "肉",
        "2": "meat"
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      "expansion": "肉 (OC *njuɡ, “meat”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "懦",
        "2": "cowardly"
      },
      "expansion": "懦 (OC *noːls, *njo, “cowardly”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "荏",
        "2": "weak"
      },
      "expansion": "荏 (OC *njɯmʔ, “weak”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Schuessler, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Schuessler, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
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      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
      "word": "攸/幺"
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    {
      "word": "絨/柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "绒/柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "匱/虧"
    },
    {
      "word": "匮/亏"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "soft; supple"
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      "links": [
        [
          "soft",
          "soft"
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        [
          "supple",
          "supple"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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        [
          "soften",
          "soften"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "gentle; pliant"
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      "links": [
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
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        [
          "pliant",
          "pliant"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      "links": [
        [
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          "gentle"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "Róufó, “Johor”",
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      ],
      "categories": [
        "Chinese short forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for 柔佛 (Róufó, “Johor”)."
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      "links": [
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          "州",
          "州#Chinese"
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          "柔佛",
          "柔佛#Chinese"
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          "Johor",
          "Johor"
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      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "ronto- (SI unit prefix)"
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      "links": [
        [
          "ronto-",
          "ronto-"
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        {
          "word": "絨"
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        "Mainland-China"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "róu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄖㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "iù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "riu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "róu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "róu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "róu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "жоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "žou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐoʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iuˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯u¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iuˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯u¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iu¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iù"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ieu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziu¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiû"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyuw"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*nu/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mlju/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐoʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐu̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯u¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯u¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iu¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ieu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziu¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziu²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*nu/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*mlju/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "柔"
}
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  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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}

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  "path": [
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  ],
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}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
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}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
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}

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