柔
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TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
柔 (radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓竹木 (NHD), four-corner 17904, composition ⿱矛木)
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 519, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14622
- Dae Jaweon: page 907, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1192, character 2
- Unihan data for U+67D4
ChineseEdit
simp. and trad. |
柔 |
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Glyph originEdit
Old Chinese | |
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堥 | *muː, *mu |
蓩 | *muːʔ, *moːɡ |
猱 | *ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us |
茅 | *mruː |
罞 | *mruː, *muːŋ |
蝥 | *mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs |
鶜 | *mruː |
瞀 | *moːɡs, *mroːɡ |
愗 | *moːɡs |
袤 | *mus |
雺 | *mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs |
懋 | *mus |
楙 | *mus |
矛 | *mu |
蟊 | *mu |
髳 | *mu, *muːŋ |
鍪 | *mu |
鞪 | *mu, *moːɡ |
糅 | *ml'us |
腬 | *ml'us, *mlju |
柔 | *mlju |
揉 | *mju |
蹂 | *mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus |
鍒 | *mju |
騥 | *mju |
蝚 | *mju |
葇 | *mju, *mjuʔ |
鞣 | *mju, *mjus |
鰇 | *mju |
瑈 | *mju |
鶔 | *mju |
楺 | *mjuʔ |
煣 | *mjuʔ, *mjus |
輮 | *mjuʔ, *mjus |
韖 | *mjuʔ |
敄 | *moʔ, *mos |
務 | *moɡs |
鶩 | *moɡs, *moːɡ |
騖 | *moɡs |
婺 | *moɡs |
霚 | *moɡs, *moːŋ |
嵍 | *moɡs |
霧 | *moɡs, *moːŋ |
霿 | *moːŋ, *moːŋs |
楘 | *moːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mlju): phonetic 矛 (OC *mu) + semantic 木 (“tree”) – wood soft enough that it can easily be cut.
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
柔
DescendantsEdit
CompoundsEdit
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JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: にゅう (nyū, Jōyō)←にう (niu, historical)
- Kan-on: じゅう (jū, Jōyō)←じう (ziu, historical)
- Kun: やわらか (yawaraka, 柔らか, Jōyō)←やはらか (yafaraka, historical); やわらかい (yawarakai, 柔らかい, Jōyō)←やはらかい (yafarakai, historical); やわらぐ (yawaragu, 柔らぐ)←やはらぐ (yafaragu, historical); やわらげる (yawarageru, 柔らげる)←やはらげる (yafarageru, historical)
- Nanori: とお (tō)←とほ (tofo, historical); なり (nari); やす (yasu); よし (yoshi)
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Kanji in this term |
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柔 |
じゅう Grade: S |
kan’on |
/d͡ʑɨu/ → /d͡ʑuː/ → /ʑuː/
From Middle Chinese 柔 (MC ȵɨu).
The 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”) reading, so likely a later borrowing.
PronunciationEdit
AffixEdit
- gentle, soft, supple
- calm, gentle, mild, peaceful
- calm, relieve, soften
- martial art involving gentleness, such as jujitsu or judo
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
- gentleness, softness, suppleness; also, such an object
Derived termsEdit
IdiomsEdit
- 柔能く剛を制す (jū yoku gō o seisu)
- 柔も亦茹わず剛も亦吐かず (jū mo mata kurawazu gō mo mata hakazu)
Etymology 2Edit
Kanji in this term |
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柔 |
にゅう Grade: S |
goon |
/nɨu/ → /ɲuː/
From Middle Chinese 柔 (MC ȵɨu).
The 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”) reading, so likely the earlier borrowing from Middle Chinese.
PronunciationEdit
AffixEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
Kanji in this term |
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柔 |
やわ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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和 |
/jaɸa/ → /jawa/
Possibly a back-formation of 柔柔 (yawayawa, “soft, supple”).
PronunciationEdit
Adjectival nounEdit
柔 • (yawa) ←やは (yafa)? -na (adnominal 柔な (yawa na), adverbial 柔に (yawa ni))
Derived termsEdit
- 柔い (yawai)
Etymology 4Edit
Kanji in this term |
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柔 |
やわ(ら) Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 柔 – see 柔ら. (This term, 柔, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.) |
(The following entry is uncreated: 柔ら.)
ReferencesEdit
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
柔 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)
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