Memory phrase for the character: 软

软

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Meaning

flexible (not hard), soft, weak

Pronunciation

ruǎn

Explanation

 Left: vehicle 车/車 (= carriage with axle 丨, load area 日, 2 wheels 二), right: lack 欠.(A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)

Mnemonic
 
A vehicle is lacking, we need to be flexible.

Radicals

車 vehicle, cartTypically simplified to 车. It showed a hand-cart from the top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二.
欠 lack, yawnLike a person 人 who tears his mouth wide open when yawning and seems to have a lack (of good manners).




 Vocabulary

软呢 ruǎn ní  tweed
柔软 róu ruǎn  soft
软化 ruǎn huà  soften
间谍软件 jiàn dié ruǎn jiàn  spyware
雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺 Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī  the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person; to pick on an easy target
吴侬软语 Wú nóng ruǎn yǔ  pleasant-sounding Wu dialect
吴侬软语 Wú nóng ruǎn yǔ  

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