软ruǎn
soft, weak. 8 strokes, radical 车, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin ruǎnStrokes 8Radical 车Band HSK 5Words 2
How to write 软
Strokes 1–4 write 车, then strokes 5–8 write 欠.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 软 · the stroke-order rules
What 软 is made of
车 (chē, cart) and 欠 (qiàn, to lack).
车 carries the meaning — cart — and 欠 carries the sound.
Words that use 软
| 软 | soft, weak 形容质地不硬、易弯曲 床垫摸起来又软又舒适。The mattress felt soft and comfortable to the touch. Lesson 475, 循序致远 · 笃毅克己与登攀拓界 · Resolute Restraint & Boundless Ascent |
| 软件 | software 指计算机系统运行的程序 他善用智能化软件工具。He made good use of smart software tools. Lesson 475, 循序致远 · 笃毅克己与登攀拓界 · Resolute Restraint & Boundless Ascent |
Characters that share the sound part 欠
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 车
All 12 of them, and what the radical means, on the 车 radical page.