Kanji1 / 9
柔 kanji
tender, weakness, gentleness, softness
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ジュウニュウ
Kun readings
やわらかやわらかいやわやわら
Words with 柔
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —柔組織parenchyma
- —柔道畳judo mat
- —柔突起(intestinal) villus; villus
- —剛柔流Goju-ryu (karate school)
- —外柔内剛gentle but firm
- —内柔外剛tough on the outside but soft at heart
- —柔軟体操calisthenics
- —外剛内柔being tough on the outside but soft at heart; a faint-hearted person pretending to be brave
- —内剛外柔gentle on the outside but tough on the inside; an iron hand in a velvet glove
- —柔軟思考a flexible way of thinking
- —柔軟路線(taking) a flexible approach (to)
- —柔道整復judo therapy; traditional non-surgical osteopathic tissue and bone manipulation therapy
- —懐柔作戦operation to win over someone by using a tactic of gentle persuasion
- —柔道整復術judo therapy
- —柔道整復師judo therapist
- —柔軟仕上げ剤fabric softener
- —国際柔道連盟International Judo Federation; IJF
- —柔よく剛を制すsoft and fair goes far; willows are weak, yet they bind other wood
- —グレイシー柔術Brazilian jiu-jitsu; Gracie-style jiu-jitsu
- —全日本柔道連盟All Japan Judo Federation