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Chinese symbol for “coaxing”

软糯
ruǎn nuò
Traditional: 軟糯
soft and chewy (mouthfeel); (of a voice) tender; coaxing; clinging

The closest CC-CEDICT match for coaxing is 软糯 (ruǎn nuò), defined as: soft and chewy (mouthfeel); (of a voice) tender; coaxing; clinging.

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Characters and stroke order

软 ruǎn
soft, pliable, flexible; weak
radical 159 ⾞ · 8 strokes
糯 nuò
glutinous rice; sticky, viscous
radical 119 ⽶ · 20 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 软糯.

WordPinyinMeaning
软件 (軟件)ruǎn jiànsoftware
软体 (軟體)ruǎn tǐ(of an animal) soft-bodied; (Tw) software
软弱 (軟弱)ruǎn ruòweak; feeble
柔软 (柔軟)róu ruǎnsoft
软禁 (軟禁)ruǎn jìnto place under house arrest
疲软 (疲軟)pí ruǎntired and feeble
糯米nuò mǐglutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa)
糯米粉nuò mǐ fěnglutinous rice flour

See also: Japanese symbol for “coaxing”.

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.