EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    softening

  2. softening (of attitude); mollification

  3. weakening (of the market)

    Finance

  4. blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

soft

Kun
やわ.らかやわ.らかい
On
ナン
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1269 of 2500
Radical
cart
WaniKani
Level 51

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-7-4SKIP code
7c4.1The Kanji Dictionary
5708.2Four corner code
1562deroo
8edfUnicode hex code
1-38-80JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4614Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5947New Nelson (John Haig)
1479New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1871Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
994Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1345Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
470Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
509Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1199A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1482Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38213Morohashi
1673A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1788Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1922Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
940Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1489Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1308Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1774Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
481Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ruan3Pinyin reading
yeonKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
51WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization

Kun
ば.けるば.かすふ.けるけ.する
On
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
89 of 2500
Radical
spoon
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-2SKIP code
2a2.6The Kanji Dictionary
2421.0, 2121.0Four corner code
2156deroo
5316Unicode hex code
1-18-29JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
350Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
580New Nelson (John Haig)
21New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
22Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1008Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1083Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
100A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
56Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
76Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2572XMorohashi
238A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
254Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
254Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
163sakade
378Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
258henshall3
242Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
104crowley
414Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.19busy_people
55Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1017Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hua4Pinyin reading
hwaKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level