若

若 U+82E5, 若 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82E5 ← 苤 [U+82E4] CJK Unified Ideographs 苦 → [U+82E6]

若 U+F974, 若 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F974 ← 拾 [U+F973] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 掠 → [U+F975]

若 U+2F998, 若 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F998 ← 𦬼 [U+2F997] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 茝 → [U+2F999]

Stroke order

Japanese

若 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 9 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 8 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese, cangjie input 廿大口 (TKR), four-corner 4460₄, composition ⿱艹右)

• 喏 婼 惹 諾 蠚 逽 蹃 箬 楉 鄀

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1023, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30796
• Dae Jaweon: page 1482, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3187, character 7
• Unihan data for U+82E5

• Unihan data for U+F974

• Unihan data for U+2F998

Pictogram (象形) – a person combing their hair; obedient.

Later 口 was added and the original component came to be written 叒.

trad.		若
simp. #		若
alternative forms		叒

“you; your”

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“you”).

"like this; such; if"

Derived from 如 (OC *nja, *njas) with distributive suffix *-k (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with 諾 (OC *naːɡ, “to agree; to say yes”).

"that"

Cognate with 那 (nà, “that”), 爾 (OC *njelʔ, “that”) (Schuessler, 2007).

若

1. ^† to be obedient to; compliant
2. ^† to trim vegetables
3. ^† to choose
4. ^† you; your

   • 既使我與若辯矣，若勝我，我不若勝，若果是也？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     既使我与若辩矣，若胜我，我不若胜，若果是也？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Jì shǐ wǒ yǔ ruò biàn yǐ, ruò shèng wǒ, wǒ bù ruò shèng, ruò guǒ shì yě? [Pinyin]

     If you and I debate, you defeat me and I cannot defeat you, are you really correct?

   • 吾翁即若翁。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Wú wēng jí ruò wēng. [Pinyin]

     My father is just the same as your father.

5. ^† he; his
6. like; as if

   旁若無人／旁若无人  ―  pángruòwúrén  ―  as if no one is nearby

   • 讀若闌。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     读若阑。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE

     Dú ruò lán. [Pinyin]

     Read as "闌／阑 (lán)".

7. if; supposing; assuming

   天若有情天亦老。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Tiān ruò yǒu qíng tiān yì lǎo. [Pinyin]

   If Heaven had feelings, Heaven too would grow old.

   • 若她終於見隻紙船　盤旋夢裡千百轉 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     若她终于见只纸船　盘旋梦里千百转 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 許冠傑, 紙船

     joek⁶ taa¹ zung¹ jyu¹ gin³ zek³ zi² syun⁴, pun⁴ syun⁴ mung⁶ leoi⁵ cin¹ baak³ zyun² [Jyutping]

     If she finally sees the paper boat / spiraling in dreams

8. in this way
9. (Chinese mythology) Ruo, mythological divine being of the northern seas

   • 於是焉河伯始旋其面目，望洋向若而歎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     于是焉河伯始旋其面目，望洋向若而叹。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yúshì yān Hé Bó shǐ xuán qí miànmù, wàng yáng xiàng Ruò ér tàn. [Pinyin]

     Then He Bo began to turn his face round, looked across the expanse, as if he were confronting Ruo, and sighed.

   • 使湘靈鼓瑟兮，令海若舞馮夷。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     使湘灵鼓瑟兮，令海若舞冯夷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Shǐ Xiāng líng gǔ sè xī, lìng hǎi Ruò wǔ Féng Yí. [Pinyin]

     I invite the Genius of River Xiang to play the se, and the oceanic Ruo to dance with Feng Yi of the Yellow River.

10. Pollia japonica
11. a surname

• (like):

trad.		若
simp. #		若

若

1. ^† hay; dried grass
2. Used in compounds.

trad.		若
simp. #		若

若

1. Placename in Sichuan. (clarification of this definition is needed)

trad.		若
simp. #		若

若

1. (Eastern Min, Teochew) how much; how

trad.		若
simp. #		若

若

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 偌

• “Entry #5469”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

• “若”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. young
2. if

• Go-on: にゃく (nyaku, Jōyō ^†)、にゃ (nya)
• Kan-on: じゃく (jaku, Jōyō)^{←じやく (zyaku, historical)}、じゃ (ja)^{←じや (zya, historical)}
• Kun: わかい (wakai, 若い, Jōyō)、もしくは (moshiku wa, 若しくは)、もし (moshi, 若し)、ごとし (gotoshi, 若し)、したがう (shitagau)

若(わか) • (waka) 

1. "my lord" (towards a young master or a young heir)

From Middle Chinese 若 (MC nyak).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [약]

Wikisource

若 (eumhun 같을 약 (gateul yak))

1. hanja form^? of 약 (“like; as if”)
2. hanja form^? of 약 (“if”)

From Middle Chinese 若 (MC nyaeX).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [야]

若 (eumhun 반야 야 (banya ya))

1. hanja form^? of 야 (“Used in compounds”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

若: Hán Nôm readings: nhược, nhã

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