Onyomi: ナン · Kunyomi: やわ.らか, やわ.らかい · Meanings: soft
Kanji for soft
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軟 is made from 車 (vehicle) on the left and 欠 on the right. 車 represents wheels or vehicles. 欠 represents lacking or not having enough. Something that lacks stiffness bends easily. A wheel or object that is not firm becomes flexible. From this idea of lacking hardness, 軟 came to mean soft or flexible.
軟 is something that lacks hardness and becomes soft.
Imagine a wheel (車) that is missing firmness (欠), so it bends easily instead of staying rigid. That bendable quality is 軟.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 軟 | なん | soft | 'taru' adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particle |
| 柔らかい | やわらかい | soft, tender, supple, flexible, limber, limp | common JLPT-N4 JLPT-N2 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 軟骨 | なんこつ | cartilage | Noun |
| 柔らか | やわらか | soft, tender, pliant, supple | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 軟派 | なんぱ | seducer, smooth talker, ladies' man, playboy, playgirl | common Noun |
| 軟木 | なんぼく | softwood | Noun |
| 軟禁状態 | なんきんじょうたい | (state of) house arrest, (state of) confinement | Noun |
| 軟水 | なんすい | soft water | Noun |
| 軟禁 | なんきん | house arrest | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 軟化 | なんか | softening | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |