柔

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柔

  • róu (rou²) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄖㄡˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • jau⁴ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • yù Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • yu² Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • iù Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • liû Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • jiû Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • riu⁵ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • róu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄖㄡˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • róu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • jou² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • róu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • rou Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • жоу Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /ʐoʊ̯³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • jau⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • yàuh Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • yeo⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /jɐu̯²¹/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • yù Hakka, Miaoli, Phak fa su
  • iu^ˇ Hakka, Miaoli, Hakka Romanization System
  • yiu² Hakka, Miaoli, Hagfa Pinyim
  • /i̯u¹¹/ Hakka, Miaoli, IPA
  • yù Hakka, Neipu, Phak fa su
  • (r)iu^ˇ Hakka, Neipu, Hakka Romanization System
  • yiu² Hakka, Neipu, Hagfa Pinyim
  • /(j)i̯u¹¹/ Hakka, Neipu, IPA

Where it comes from

形聲漢字(上古 *mlju):聲符 矛 (上古 *mu) + 意符 木 (“tree”) – 木質柔軟,容易砍伐。

“單位”

繼承自原始漢藏語 *now (“嫩的;軟的”),也和軟 (上古 *njonʔ, “軟的”)、弱 (上古 *njewɢ, “軟弱”)、肉 (上古 *njuɡ, “肉”)、懦 (上古 *noːls, *njo, “膽小”)、荏 (上古 *njɯmʔ, “軟弱”)等進行對比 (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007)。

釋義

  1. 軟,嫩,軟弱
  2. 軟化
  3. 溫和,和順,平和
  4. 安撫,和緩
  5. 草木新生,莖葉幼嫩的樣子
  6. 潤澤
  7. abbreviation (~州) 柔佛 (Róufó)的簡稱。
  8. Mainland China 柔托的簡稱(國際單位制接頭詞)

    Similar: 絨, 绒

In English

  • rho letter of Greek alphabet

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {柔},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%9F%94},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}