軟

supple; soft

11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1269.

Readings

• ナン (on reading): 柔軟 (じゅうなん) flexible; 軟式野球 (なんしきやきゅう) Japanese version of baseball played with a hard rubber ball
• やわらか (kun reading)
• やわらかい (kun reading)

Components

• 車
• 欠
• 欠 radical lack; yawn
• 車 radical cart; wheel

Words using 軟

• 柔軟 (じゅうなん) flexible
• 軟式野球 (なんしきやきゅう) Japanese version of baseball played with a hard rubber ball
• 柔軟性 (じゅうなんせい) flexibility
• 軟条 (なんじょう) soft ray (of a fin)
• 軟骨 (なんこつ) cartilage

116 words in all.

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