"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: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mlju) : phonetic 矛 (OC *mu) + semantic 木 (“tree”) – wood soft enough that it can easily be cut. 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: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *mlju}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mlju), {{Han compound|矛|木|c1=p|c2=s|ls=psc|t2=tree}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mlju) : phonetic 矛 (OC *mu) + semantic 木 (“tree”), {{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, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 13 11 36 35 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 2 3 24 21 26 25
  4. to make gentle
    Sense id: en-柔-zh-character-5xDkPZTj Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 13 11 36 35 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 2 3 24 21 26 25
  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, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 13 11 36 35 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 2 3 24 21 26 25
  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, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 13 11 36 35 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 2 3 24 21 26 25
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",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
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            "gloss": ""
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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",
            "2": "nhu",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "柔"
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          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: nhu (柔)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "柔",
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            "3": "유",
            "4": "nhu",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
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            "j2": "",
            "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": ""
          },
          "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": {
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "c2": "s",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "sit-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "tender; soft"
      },
      "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"
      },
      "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": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mlju) : phonetic 矛 (OC *mu) + semantic 木 (“tree”) – wood soft enough that it can easily be cut.\nFrom 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"
      },
      "expansion": "柔",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "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": [
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      "id": "en-柔-zh-character-L-D9p~0P",
      "links": [
        [
          "soft",
          "soft"
        ],
        [
          "supple",
          "supple"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "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"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 24 21 26 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "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"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 24 21 26 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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      "id": "en-柔-zh-character-5xDkPZTj",
      "links": [
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        ]
      ]
    },
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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"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 24 21 26 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "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"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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      "tags": [
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        "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"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 24 21 26 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ronto- (SI unit prefix)"
      ],
      "id": "en-柔-zh-character-hbwPrhwR",
      "links": [
        [
          "ronto-",
          "ronto-"
        ],
        [
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          "Appendix:SI units#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "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 terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "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"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "柔"
          },
          "expansion": "柔",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "柔",
            "2": "じゅう",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "柔(じゅう) (jū)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "유(柔)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 유(柔) (yu)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "nhu",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "柔"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: nhu (柔)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "柔",
            "2": "じゅう",
            "3": "유",
            "4": "nhu",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "柔",
            "j2": "",
            "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": ""
          },
          "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)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *mlju"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mlju)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "矛",
        "2": "木",
        "c1": "p",
        "c2": "s",
        "ls": "psc",
        "t2": "tree"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mlju) : phonetic 矛 (OC *mu) + semantic 木 (“tree”)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*now",
        "4": "",
        "5": "tender; soft"
      },
      "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"
      },
      "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": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mlju) : phonetic 矛 (OC *mu) + semantic 木 (“tree”) – wood soft enough that it can easily be cut.\nFrom 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-”",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "柔",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "攸/幺"
    },
    {
      "word": "絨/柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "绒/柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "匱/虧"
    },
    {
      "word": "匮/亏"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "soft; supple"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soft",
          "soft"
        ],
        [
          "supple",
          "supple"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to soften"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soften",
          "soften"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gentle; pliant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ],
        [
          "pliant",
          "pliant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to make gentle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "Róufó, “Johor”",
          "word": "柔佛"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Chinese short forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for 柔佛 (Róufó, “Johor”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "州",
          "州#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "柔佛",
          "柔佛#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "Johor",
          "Johor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(~州) Short for 柔佛 (Róufó, “Johor”)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mainland China Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ronto- (SI unit prefix)"
      ],
      "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"
}
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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "柔"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "柔",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Eastern Min (BUC)'",
  "path": [
    "柔"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "柔",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Southern Min'",
  "path": [
    "柔"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "柔",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "柔"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "柔",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Eastern Min'",
  "path": [
    "柔"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "柔",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: ~州",
  "path": [
    "柔"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "definitions",
  "title": "柔",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: ~州",
  "path": [
    "柔"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "definitions",
  "title": "柔",
  "trace": ""
}

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