Chinese symbol for “clinging”
软糯
ruǎn nuò
Traditional: 軟糯
soft and chewy (mouthfeel); (of a voice) tender; coaxing; clinging
The closest CC-CEDICT match for clinging is 软糯 (ruǎn nuò), defined as: soft and chewy (mouthfeel); (of a voice) tender; coaxing; clinging.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 软糯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 软件 (軟件) | ruǎn jiàn | software |
| 软体 (軟體) | ruǎn tǐ | (of an animal) soft-bodied; (Tw) software |
| 软弱 (軟弱) | ruǎn ruò | weak; feeble |
| 柔软 (柔軟) | róu ruǎn | soft |
| 软禁 (軟禁) | ruǎn jìn | to place under house arrest |
| 疲软 (疲軟) | pí ruǎn | tired and feeble |
| 糯米 | nuò mǐ | glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa) |
| 糯米粉 | nuò mǐ fěn | glutinous rice flour |
See also: Japanese symbol for “clinging”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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