Definitions
(particle)
if; as if; like; similar to
(verb)
to be like; to seem
Etymology
Pictograph of a kneeling person smoothing out their unkempt hair with their hands. Based on the original meaning "conform, obey". The 口 (mouth) component was added later when the character became more abstract.
About
The character "若" derives from an early pictorial representation conveying notions of compliance or agreement, which informed its modern structure consisting of the grass radical "艹" positioned above the phonetic component "右". Its initial meaning associated with acquiescence gradually broadened in classical usage to serve as a comparative term meaning "like" or "as", and it later evolved into a conditional conjunction equivalent to "if" in modern Chinese.
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你若努力，就会成功。
他看起来若无其事。
我若不告诉你，你会生气吗？
前方若有困难，我们共同面对。
他若能坚持，必能实现目标。
这景色美若仙境，令人陶醉。
我们若能提前规划，便可避免麻烦。
若论个人才华，他无疑是团队中最出色的。