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緩: slacken, loosen

Also: relax, lessen, be moderate, ease

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

糸 carries the meaning · 爰 gives the sound

15 strokes

Five readings, and the words that use each

カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 緩和かんわ
  • 緩急かんきゅうhigh and low speed; fast and slow; pace

ゆるいyurui · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 緩いゆるいloose

ゆるやかyuruyaka · kun'yomi

  • 緩やかゆるやかloose; slack

ゆるむyurumu · kun'yomi

  • 緩むゆるむto become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope)

ゆるめるyurumeru · kun'yomi

  • 緩めるゆるめるto loosen; to slacken

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
More in the 糸 thread story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
糸

Also built on thread (糸)

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爰

Also built on 爰

The 爰 family reads エン (en); 緩 is read カン.

Also read カン

51 kanji share this on'yomiAll 51

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
緩 slacken · 糸
vs暖 warmth · 日
緩 has 糸 where 暖 has 日.
In ChineseSimplified 缓 · traditional, as in Japanese · huǎn

Japan keeps the traditional form 緩; mainland China simplifies it to 缓.

Simplified
缓 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
緩 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin huǎn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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