緩
loose; slacken; loosen; relax; lessen; be moderate; ease
15 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 933.
Readings
- カン (on reading): 緩和 (かんわ) relief; 規制緩和 (きせいかんわ) deregulation
- ゆるい (kun reading): 緩い (ゆるい) loose; 緩み (ゆるみ) slack
- ゆるやか (kun reading): 緩やか (ゆるやか) loose; 緩やかに進む (ゆるやかにすすむ) to proceed slowly
- ゆるめる (kun reading): 緩める (ゆるめる) to loosen; 緩め (ゆるめ) somewhat loose
- ゆるむ (kun reading): 緩む (ゆるむ) to become loose; 気が緩む (きがゆるむ) to relax one's mind
Components
- 糸
- 爰
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- 一 radical one
- 又 radical again; right hand
- 小 radical small
- 幺 radical short thread
- 爪 radical claw
- 糸 radical thread
Words using 緩
- 緩和 (かんわ) relief
- 規制緩和 (きせいかんわ) deregulation
- 緩急 (かんきゅう) high and low speed
- 緩衝 (かんしょう) shock absorption
- 弛緩 (しかん) relaxation (e.g. of muscles)
- 緩い (ゆるい) loose
- 緩み (ゆるみ) slack
- 腹が緩い (はらがゆるい) have loose bowels
- 緩まる (ゆるまる) to become loose
- 緩か (ゆるか) loose
- 緩やか (ゆるやか) loose
- 緩やかに進む (ゆるやかにすすむ) to proceed slowly
- 緩める (ゆるめる) to loosen
- 緩め (ゆるめ) somewhat loose
- 速度を緩める (そくどをゆるめる) to ease up the speed
- 手綱を緩める (たづなをゆるめる) to loosen the reins
- 気を緩める (きをゆるめる) to relax one's efforts
- 緩む (ゆるむ) to become loose
- 気が緩む (きがゆるむ) to relax one's mind
- たがが緩む (たががゆるむ) to weaken (of willpower, solidarity, etc.)
- 頬が緩む (ほおがゆるむ) to grin
- 口元が緩む (くちもとがゆるむ) to smile
88 words in all.