Chinese symbol for “software”
软件
ruǎn jiàn
Traditional: 軟件
software
The closest CC-CEDICT match for software is 软件 (ruǎn jiàn), defined as: software.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “software”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 软件.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 事件 | shì jiàn | incident; event |
| 条件 (條件) | tiáo jiàn | condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification |
| 文件 | wén jiàn | document; file |
See also: Japanese symbol for “software”.
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.