緩 – slacken, loosen, relax

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#933 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 緩 means slacken, loosen, relax, lessen, be moderate, ease. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ゆる.い、ゆる.やか、ゆる.む、ゆる.める (yurui, yuruyaka, yurumu, yurumeru). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	ゆる.い	yurui
Kun’yomi	ゆる.やか	yuruyaka
Kun’yomi	ゆる.む	yurumu
Kun’yomi	ゆる.める	yurumeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 糸・幺・小・爪・一・ノ・又.

Words using 緩

緩いゆるいloose緩和かんわrelief緩むゆるむto become loose緩めるゆるめるto loosen緩やかゆるやかloose

Example sentences

この靴は少し緩い。

These shoes are a little loose.

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公定歩合の引き下げは産業界を苦しめてきた厳しい金融逼迫を緩和するだろうと期待されている。

The bank rate cut is expected to relieve the severe financial squeeze that has hit industry.

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その規則は最近緩められた。

The rules were recently relaxed.

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Kanji with the same radical

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