Chinese Character 软 Meanings and components.

Form

软

Meaning

软 meaning[3] in English

Soft.

Flexible.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 软 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Che (车) , and deficient (欠)

Its radical[1] is: 車 (che1) which means: Surname Che, .車che1surname Che

In cangjie it is written with KQNO

How to write 软

To write软ruan3soft you should write a combination of 车che1surname Che , 欠qian4deficient arranged in a 吅 shape:

车 + 欠 = 软

软 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

软
Pinyin:ruan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Soft . Flexible
车
Pinyin:che1
Meaning[3]: Surname Che
欠
Pinyin:qian4
Meaning[3]: Deficient . To Owe . To Lack . Yawn

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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