若 · ruò
if, supposing, assuming; similar
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
if, supposing, assuming; similar
- Mandarin
- ruò
- Cantonese
- joek6
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 若 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
ジャク ニャク ジャ ニャ わかい もしくは ごとし このしく したがう なんじ もしKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 야
- KS X 1001 (0) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
- 약
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+82E5
- Radical
- 艸 · 140
- Strokes
- 8 · Unihan
- Residual
- 5
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
8 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 若
Character connections
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History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- nyae · 人賒 反切 · #800
- Middle Chinese
- nyaeX · 人者 反切 · #1787
- Middle Chinese
- nyak · 而灼 反切 · #3543
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 6384 · nyae = 假開三平麻日 · nyaeX = 假開三上麻日 · nyak = 宕開三入陽日
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- ruò
- kCantonese
- joek6
- kDefinition
- if, supposing, assuming; similar
- kTotalStrokes
- 8
- kRSUnicode
- 140.5
- kGradeLevel
- 4
- kTGH
- 2013:1002
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- ruò,ré,rè 53187.070
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- rě 0957.010 · ruò 0978.040
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- ruò 318.080
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- ruò(182)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- ruò粵joek6 rě粵je5
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 人賒 人者 而灼
- Kangxi positions
- 1023.120
- Guangyun positions
- 169.47 309.34 502.14
- GSR references
- 0777a
- Cangjie
- TKR
- Four-corner
- 4460.4