Character · Qualities
若
わかい wakaiじじゃく jijakuわかば wakaba
young, if
Composition
Origin
Early forms show a kneeling figure, arms raised, smoothing its hair; the modern shape joins 艹 and 右.
In the thoughts
- 若いwakaiyoung
- 自若jijakuself-possessed
- 若葉wakabayoung leaves