The kanji 緩: meaning, readings and stroke order

緩

Meaning: loose, gentle
On reading: カン kan
Kun reading: ゆる（い） yurui、ゆる（やか） yuruyaka、ゆる（む） yurumu、ゆる（める） yurumeru
Strokes: 15
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lỏng, chậm rãi (hoãn)
Japanese: ゆるい。ゆっくり。
Korean: 느슨하다, 완만하다 (완)
Chinese: 松弛、缓慢 (缓)

Readings, words and example sentences

カン kan · on reading · less common

緩かん和わ
easing, relaxing (of rules)
きまりが 緩かん和わされました。
The rules have been relaxed.

ゆる（い） yurui · kun reading

緩ゆるい
loose
このベルトは 緩ゆるいです。
This belt is loose.

ゆる（やか） yuruyaka · kun reading · less common

緩ゆるやか
gentle, gradual (slope)
緩ゆるやかなさかを上ります。
I walk up a gentle slope.

ゆる（む） yurumu · kun reading · less common

緩ゆるむ
to come loose
ねじが 緩ゆるみました。
The screw has come loose.

ゆる（める） yurumeru · kun reading · less common

緩ゆるめる
to slow down, to loosen
スピードを 緩ゆるめます。
I slow down.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.