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軟 = 欠 + 車

軟 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “soft”. It is built from 欠 (lack) and 車 (car). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 509.

Keyword
soft
RTK frame
509
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ナン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
やわ.らか, やわ.らかい
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
мягкий
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
軟 soft

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 欠 lack
  2. 車 car

How to find 軟 without knowing its reading

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

Open 軟 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.