软 = 车 + 欠

软 is a simplified Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “soft”. It is built from 车 (cart) and 欠 (owe).

Keyword: soft
Pinyin (Mandarin): ruǎn
Script: Simplified chinese hanzi
Also known as: soft, flexible, pliable, гибкий, мягкий, податливый, flexible, pliable

Decomposition

ids

车 cart
欠 owe

How to find 软 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cart” + “owe”. 软 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 软 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.