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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.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Yawara search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
柔 see styles |
róu rou2 jou yawara やわら |
More info & calligraphy: Heart of Judo(ant: 剛) softness; gentleness; weakness; (surname, female given name) Yawara Pliant, yielding, soft. |
和ら see styles |
yawara やわら |
judo; jujutsu |
柔ら see styles |
yawara やわら |
judo; jujutsu |
畑和 see styles |
hatayawara はたやわら |
(person) Hata Yawara (1910.9.29-1996.1.26) |
矢原 see styles |
yawara やわら |
(place-name) Yawara |
谷原 see styles |
yawara やわら |
(place-name) Yawara |
軟ら see styles |
yawara やわら |
judo; jujutsu |
やわら see styles |
yawara ヤワラ |
(female given name) Yawara |
夜話裸 see styles |
yawara やわら |
(female given name) Yawara |
家和楽 see styles |
yawara やわら |
(place-name) Yawara |
弥羽良 see styles |
yawara やわら |
(female given name) Yawara |
矢和原 see styles |
yawara やわら |
(surname) Yawara |
谷和原 see styles |
yawara やわら |
(place-name, surname) Yawara |
Variations: |
yawara やわら |
(See 柔道,柔術) judo; jujutsu |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Heart of Judo | 柔 | yawara | róu / rou2 / rou | jou |
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