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Chinese symbol for “pliable”

轻柔
qīng róu
Traditional: 輕柔
soft; gentle; pliable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pliable is 轻柔 (qīng róu), defined as: soft; gentle; pliable.

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Characters and stroke order

轻 qīng
light, gentle; simple, easy
radical 159 ⾞ · 9 strokes
柔 róu
soft, supple; gentle; flexible
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 轻柔.

WordPinyinMeaning
年轻 (年輕)nián qīngyoung
年轻人 (年輕人)nián qīng rényoung people; youngster
轻松 (輕鬆)qīng sōnglight; gentle
轻易 (輕易)qīng yìeasy; simple; rashly; offhandedly
减轻 (減輕)jiǎn qīngto lighten; to ease
轻轻 (輕輕)qīng qīnglightly; softly
温柔 (溫柔)wēn róugentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman)
柔软 (柔軟)róu ruǎnsoft

See also: Japanese symbol for “pliable”.

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.