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柔 means 'soft'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 1349   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-18    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 51    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 39 words   Used in 60 words   Used in 40 names   Component in 9 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ジュウ   ニュウ
Kun
   やわらかい soft
Additional readings
Kun    やわ   やわらか   やわら
Name    とお
Components
⿱  矛 halberd  木 tree  
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See also
委 entrust  条 twig  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 柔 is used 7 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 柔 is used 57 times, read 4 ways.
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ジュウ : 36 words FIND ALL
じ ゅ う ど う 1
noun
judo
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ニュウ : 2 words FIND ALL
に ゅ う わ 0
gentleness; mildness; meekness
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やわらかい : 18 words FIND ALL
や わ ら か い 4
Most common form: 柔かい
1. soft; tender; limp; limber  (see also: 柔らか)
2. gentle; mild
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やわら (read as やわら) : 1 word FIND ALL
や わ ら 0
noun
judo; jujutsu  (see also: 柔道, 柔術)
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An additional 3 less common words include 柔 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1363  Joy o' Kanji : 1363  Key to Kanji: - 

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柔
ジュウ   ニュウ   やわらかい soft   
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矛
ム   ほこ halberd   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
予
ヨ    previously, in advance   
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マ
katakana 'ma'
丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
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