| 1363 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1291 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3166 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1086 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 628 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 907 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 774 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 788 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1310 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1057 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2591 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1325 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1797 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1234 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14622 | Morohashi |
| 2088 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2633 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1226 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1312 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1269 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1187 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 柔 【ジュウ】 softness, gentleness, weakness
- 柔道 【ジュウドウ】 judo
- 内剛外柔 【ナイゴウガイジュウ】 gentle on the outside but tough on the inside, an iron hand in a velvet glove
- 外剛内柔 【ガイゴウナイジュウ】 being tough on the outside but soft at heart, a faint-hearted person pretending to be brave
- 柔和 【ニュウワ】 gentle, mild, meek, tender
- 柔弱 【ニュウジャク】 weak, weak-kneed, soft, feeble, effeminate
Kun reading compounds
- 柔らか 【やわらか】 soft, tender, pliant, supple, soft (colour, light, etc.), subdued, gentle (demeanour, voice, etc.), mild, informal, light, flexible (e.g. thinking)
- 柔らかい 【やわらかい】 soft, tender, supple, flexible, limber, limp, gentle, mild, soft, mellow, light (topic, book, etc.), informal, flexible (thinking, mind, etc.), malleable, adaptable
- 柔らかい 【やわらかい】 soft, tender, supple, flexible, limber, limp, gentle, mild, soft, mellow, light (topic, book, etc.), informal, flexible (thinking, mind, etc.), malleable, adaptable
- 柔 【やわ】 soft, weak, fragile, poorly built, insubstantial
- 柔ら 【やわら】 judo, jujutsu
- 柔ら 【やわら】 judo, jujutsu
- 柔らか 【やわらか】 soft, tender, pliant, supple, soft (colour, light, etc.), subdued, gentle (demeanour, voice, etc.), mild, informal, light, flexible (e.g. thinking)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とお
- Korean:
- yu
Spanish
- suave
- tierno
- blando
Portuguese
- macio
- ponto fraco
- gentileza
- suavidade
French
- tendre
- faiblesse
- douceur
| 3564 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a5.34 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 1790.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 67d4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
958 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 弱 【ジャク】 a little less than, a little under, slightly fewer than, weakness, the weak, low (setting), -lower (seismic intensity)
- 弱者 【ジャクシャ】 weak person, the weak, vulnerable person, disadvantaged person
- 精神薄弱 【セイシンハクジャク】 feeble-mindedness, intellectual disability
- 薄弱 【ハクジャク】 feebleness, weakness, weak
Kun reading compounds
- 弱い 【よわい】 weak, frail, delicate, tender, unskilled, weak (wine)
- 弱い経済 【よわいけいざい】 weak economy
- 弱る 【よわる】 to weaken, to grow weak, to wane, to decline (of one's health), to be downcast, to be dejected, to be dispirited, to be troubled, to be at a loss, to be perplexed, to be annoyed
- 弱まる 【よわまる】 to abate, to weaken, to be emaciated, to be dejected, to be perplexed
- 弱める 【よわめる】 to weaken
Readings
- Korean:
- yag
Spanish
- débil
- endeble
- delicado
- debilitarse
- debilitar
Portuguese
- frágil
- fraco
French
- faible
- fragile
| 236 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 154 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 138 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 819 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 650 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 595 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 169 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1647 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 218 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 218 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 112 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 610 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1499 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 792 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1080 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1244 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9791P | Morohashi |
| 1167 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1692 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1236 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1323 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 196 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3553 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3h7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-5 | SKIP code |
| 1712.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f31 | Unicode hex code |