Chinese symbol for “soften”
软化
ruǎn huà
Traditional: 軟化
to soften
The closest CC-CEDICT match for soften is 软化 (ruǎn huà), defined as: to soften.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “soften”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 变软 (變軟) | biàn ruǎn | to soften |
| 松动 (鬆動) | sōng dòng | loose; slack |
| 饧 (餳) | xíng | maltose syrup; molasses |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 软化.
| 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 |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 变化 (變化) | biàn huà | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “soften”.
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.