緩 — wan

Parts that make up 緩

How 緩 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 緩 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 糸, 爰.

Korean example words with 緩

• 완속緩速 Korean gloss: 느린 속도
• 완형緩刑 Korean gloss: 형벌을 너그럽게 함
• 완급緩急 Korean gloss: 일의 급함과 급하지 않음
• 완행緩行 Korean gloss: 빠르지 않은 속도로 달리며 각 역마다 멎는 열차
• 완착緩着 Korean gloss: 바둑이나 장기에서, 상대방에게 큰 영향을 미치지 못한 수
• 완보하다緩步 Korean gloss: 천천히 걷다
• 완만하다緩慢 Korean gloss: 경사가 급하지 않다
• 완완하다緩緩 Korean gloss: 비탈 따위의 기울기가 비스듬하고 민틋하다
• 완서조緩徐調 Korean gloss: 느린 곡조
• 완사지緩斜地 Korean gloss: 경사가 가파르지 않은 땅
• 완효성緩效性 Korean gloss: 효력(效力)이 느린 성질
• 완경사緩傾斜 Korean gloss: 기울기가 가파르지 않은 경사

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

Japanese words with 緩

• 緩和かんわ relief; mitigation; alleviation
• 緩やかゆるやか loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve)
• 緩急かんきゅう high and low speed; fast and slow; pace
• 緩むゆるむ to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense
• 緩みゆるみ slack; looseness; play
• 緩慢かんまん slow; sluggish; dull
• 緩衝地帯かんしょうちたい buffer zone
• 緩衝かんしょう shock absorption; buffer action; cushioning
• 弛緩しかん relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
• 緩いゆるい loose; lenient; lax
• 緩めるゆるめる to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.)
• 緩々ゆるゆる very loose; slowly; leisurely

Characters sharing the phonetic 爰

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

Other hanja read “완”

Other hanja with radical 糸