緩 — slacken, loosen, relax

ゆるい緩 slacken

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 15 strokes

U+7DE9 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #933 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2102 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

slacken
loosen
relax
lessen
be moderate
ease

word

ゆる yuru Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

緩(ゆる) い yurui loose 緩(ゆる) やか yuruyaka gentle 緩(ゆる) む yurumu to loosen 緩(ゆる) める yurumeru to loosen

かん kan On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

緩(かん) 和(わ) kanwa relaxation

Appears in idioms

規制緩和四字熟語

standard, system, slacken, harmony

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

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