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old variant of 軟|软[ruǎn]
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Character 耎 shares its origin with 需: it was a pictograph of a person (大) under rain (雨), meaning "to become wet" (now written 濡). The rain component was later replaced with the phonetic 而, and the character was phonetically loaned to express the idea of softness, weakness, or pliability. Today, 耎 is no longer used independently; it appears as a structural element in characters like 軟, where the addition of 車 (vehicle) reinforces the notion of lacking rigidity. Its core meaning consistently describes a state lacking hardness or resistance, whether in physical texture or a yielding disposition.
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