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Heart of Judo

 róu
 yawara
 
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This 柔 Kanji literally means flexible, pliable, gentle, or yielding.

柔 is also the first Kanji of the Japanese martial arts titles of Judo and Jujutsu (Jujitsu). In those cases, it's pronounced “ju” in Japanese. However, alone, the classic pronunciation is “yawara.” Some translate this Kanji (in the context of martial arts) as “The Heart of Judo.”

Please note that this just means pliable, gentle, and yielding in Chinese and old Korean Hanja. They do know what Judo and Jujitsu are but if this character is seen alone in China or Korea, people generally will not think of the martial arts context.


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Characters

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Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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róu
    rou2
jou
 yawara
    やわら

More info & calligraphy:

Heart of Judo
soft; flexible; supple; yielding; rho (Greek letter Ρρ)
(ant: 剛) softness; gentleness; weakness; (surname, female given name) Yawara
Pliant, yielding, soft.

和ら

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 yawara
    やわら
judo; jujutsu

柔ら

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 yawara
    やわら
judo; jujutsu

畑和

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 hatayawara
    はたやわら
(person) Hata Yawara (1910.9.29-1996.1.26)

矢原

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 yawara
    やわら
(place-name) Yawara

谷原

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 yawara
    やわら
(place-name) Yawara

軟ら

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 yawara
    やわら
judo; jujutsu

やわら

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 yawara
    ヤワラ
(female given name) Yawara

夜話裸

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 yawara
    やわら
(female given name) Yawara

家和楽

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 yawara
    やわら
(place-name) Yawara

弥羽良

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 yawara
    やわら
(female given name) Yawara

矢和原

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 yawara
    やわら
(surname) Yawara

谷和原

see styles
 yawara
    やわら
(place-name, surname) Yawara

Variations:
柔ら
軟ら
和ら
柔(io)

 yawara
    やわら
(See 柔道,柔術) judo; jujutsu

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Heart of Judoyawararóu / rou2 / roujou


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