Hanja Analyzer
弛

弛 — i

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
늦출 이
Romanization
i
English
loosen, relax, unstring a bow
Mandarin
chí
Japanese on'yomi
チ, シ, イ
Japanese kun'yomi
たる.む たる.める たゆ.む ゆる.む ゆる.み
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,497 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
弓 (57, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
也
Unicode
U+5F1B

Parts that make up 弛

  • 弓 활 궁 시위를 건 활활과 쏘는 일, 굽은 것
  • 也 이끼/어조사 야sound 입 벌려 우는 아이 또는 여러 다른 설‘야·이·타’ 계열의 소리

How 弛 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 弛 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 弓, 也.

Korean example words with 弛

  • 해이하다解弛 Korean gloss: 긴장이나 규율 따위가 풀려 마음이 느슨하다
  • 경이傾弛 Korean gloss: 게으르고 해이함.
  • 과이완되다過弛緩 Korean gloss: 지나치게 이완되다
  • 이궁弛弓 Korean gloss: 활시위를 벗긴 활.
  • 이폐弛廢 Korean gloss: 이완(弛緩)되고 황폐해짐.
  • 퇴이頹弛 Korean gloss: 기분이나 규율 따위가 해이하여짐.
  • 붕이崩弛 Korean gloss: 무너져 부수어짐. 또는 무너뜨려 부숨.
  • 궐이厥弛 Korean gloss: 흔들리는 모양.
  • 이죄하다弛罪 Korean gloss: 죄를 용서하다.
  • 이금하다弛禁 Korean gloss: 금령(禁令)을 늦추어 놓다.
  • 이장하다弛張 Korean gloss: 풀려 느즈러지고 당겨 켕기다.
  • 장이하다張弛 Korean gloss: 풀려 느즈러지고 당겨 켕기다.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 弛

  • 弛緩しかん relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
  • 弛むたるむ to slacken; to loosen; to relax
  • 弛みたるみ slack; slackening; sagginess
  • 弛張しちょう looseness and tension; leniency and strictness; magnanimity and sternness
  • 弛めるたるめる to slacken; to loosen
  • 弛まぬたゆまぬ steady; sound; trustworthy
  • 腕弛いかいだるい tired; weary
  • 一張一弛いっちょういっし tension and relaxation
  • 弛張振動しちょうしんどう relaxation oscillation
  • 筋弛緩剤きんしかんざい muscle-relaxant drug
  • 弛まないたゆまない untiring; steady; persistent
  • 軍紀弛緩ぐんきちかん lack of (slackness in) military discipline; demoralization

Characters sharing the phonetic 也

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “이”

Other hanja with radical 弓

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