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緩 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「糸」

道
3Junior high level ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
ゆる.い・ゆる.やか・ゆる.む・ゆる.めるyuru.i · yuru.yaka · yuru.mu · yuru.meru
Meaning
loosen; slacken

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

糸 "thread" with 爰: a thread losing its tension — to loosen, to slacken.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカンかんkan緩和かんわ緩慢かんまん緩急かんきゅう
Kunゆるいyurui緩いゆりい
Kunゆるやかyuruyaka緩やかだゆるやかだ
Kunゆるむyurumu緩むゆるむ緩みゆるみ
Kunゆるめるyurumeru緩めるゆるめる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 緩和かんわ

    easing; relaxation

  • 緩慢かんまん

    slow; sluggish

More words with this kanji

  • 弛緩しかん
  • 箍が緩むたががゆるむ
  • 舒緩じょかん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

規制(きせい)が緩和(かんわ)された。

The restrictions were eased.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 糸Map of reading カンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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