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Chinese symbol for “judo”

柔道
róu dào
judo

The closest CC-CEDICT match for judo is 柔道 (róu dào), defined as: judo.

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Characters and stroke order

柔 róu
soft, supple; gentle; flexible
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes
道 dào
method, way; path, road
radical 162 ⾡ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 柔道.

WordPinyinMeaning
温柔 (溫柔)wēn róugentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman)
柔软 (柔軟)róu ruǎnsoft
柔和róu hégentle; soft
柔性róu xìngflexibility
柔情róu qínggentle feelings; tender sentiments
柔弱róu ruòweak; delicate
知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
报道 (報道)bào dàoto report (news); report

See also: Japanese symbol for “judo”.

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.