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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
róu - soft
- flexible
- supple
- yielding
- rho (Greek letter Ρρ)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 11,127 5,757 4,102

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Wood 木 so soft it can be cut 矛

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
温柔 5 7 3,389 3,679 1,628
柔软 - 7 6,951 7,562 4,221
- - 11,127 5,757 4,102
柔道 - - 11,608 23,376 34,678
柔和 6 8 12,526 11,205 9,541
轻柔 - - 13,300 16,397 12,499
柔弱 - - 16,109 18,989 11,751
柔情 - - 19,931 16,669 9,654
优柔寡断 - - 20,729 34,609 15,914
柔美 - - 21,516 19,317 12,486
柔顺 - - 21,893 30,254 16,815
柔韧 - - 23,420 40,540 28,774
阴柔 - - 32,011 43,440 41,064
柔情似水 - - 38,528 51,032 28,935
柔嫩 - - 39,174 38,123 24,149
柔性 - - 46,507 24,676 39,974
柔术 - - 46,525 78,998 45,139
怀柔 - - 54,092 29,920 36,529
柔媚 - - 55,873 47,349 50,311
以柔克刚 - - 55,957 70,284 46,388