Chinese Character 柔 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

柔 meaning^[3] in English

Soft.

Flexible.

Supple.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 柔 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are spear (矛) , and surname Mu (木)

Its radical^[1] is: 木 (mu4) which means: Surname Mu, .木mu4surname Mu

In cangjie it is written with NHD

How to write 柔

To write柔rou2soft you should write a combination of 矛mao2spear , 木mu4surname Mu arranged in a 吕 shape:

矛 + 木 = 柔

柔 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 柔 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 柔, looks as follow: