Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
slacken, loosen, relax, lessen, be moderate, ease
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
933 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 緩和 【カンワ】 relief, mitigation, alleviation, relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.), easing, softening
  • 緩急 【カンキュウ】 high and low speed, fast and slow, pace, tempo, lenience and severity, emergency, crisis, dire situation
  • 弛緩 【シカン】 relaxation (e.g. of muscles), becoming flaccid
  • 軍紀弛緩 【グンキチカン】 lack of (slackness in) military discipline, demoralization

Kun reading compounds

  • 緩い 【ゆるい】 loose, lenient, lax, gentle (curve, slope, etc.), slow, weak, soft, not firm, difficult, hard
  • 緩やか 【ゆるやか】 loose, slack, gentle (slope, curve), slow (speed), lenient, liberal, lax
  • 緩やかに進む 【ゆるやかにすすむ】 to proceed slowly
  • 緩む 【ゆるむ】 to become loose, to slacken (e.g. rope), to become less tense, to relax, to let one's guard down, to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision), to become lax, to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression), (of ice) to partially melt, to decrease (e.g. speed), (of a market price) to go down slightly
  • 緩める 【ゆるめる】 to loosen, to slacken, to relax (attention, efforts, etc.), to let down (one's guard), to relieve (tension), to relax (a rule), to ease (e.g. restrictions), to loosen (control), to reduce (speed), to slow down, to ease up, to make more gradual (of a slope)

Readings

Japanese names:
ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan3
Korean:
wan

Spanish

  • fácil
  • despacio
  • disminución
  • mitigado
  • aliviado
  • aflojar(se)
  • relajar(se)
  • disminuir
  • indulgente

Portuguese

  • afrouxar
  • relaxar
  • diminuir
  • moderar
  • facilitar

French

  • relâcher
  • abaisser
  • décompresser
  • lâche (noeud)
  • modéré
  • aise
1112 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1267 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3584 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1454 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1639 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2659 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1089 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1140 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1271 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1549 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1757 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
943 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1272 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1971 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27669 Morohashi
1389 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4551 New Nelson (John Haig)
1952 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2102 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1791 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2767 2001 Kanji
6a9.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-9 SKIP code
2294.7 Four corner code
1-20-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7de9 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
neglect, laziness
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1703 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 怠慢 【タイマン】 negligence, neglect, carelessness, procrastination
  • 滞納 【タイノウ】 falling behind (with a payment), being in arrears, non-payment, default, delinquency
  • 懈怠 【ケタイ】 laziness, indolence, negligence (of duties), misfeasance, nonfeasance, negligence, laches, kausidya
  • 休怠 【キュウタイ】 laziness, neglect

Kun reading compounds

  • 怠る 【おこたる】 to neglect, to be negligent in, to be neglectful of, to fail to do, to leave undone, to avoid (doing), to shirk, to be unmindful of, to improve (of an illness), to get better
  • 怠ける 【なまける】 to be lazy, to be idle, to slack, to neglect (e.g. one's work), to be neglectful of, to skip (e.g. school)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dai4
Korean:
tae

Spanish

  • descuido
  • negligencia
  • pereza
  • descuidar
  • ser perezoso

Portuguese

  • negligenciar
  • preguiça

French

  • négligence
  • paresse
1543 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1613 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
851 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1084 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1290 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1297 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1372 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1698 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
777 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2588 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1323 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1794 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
753 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10469 Morohashi
2085 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1818 New Nelson (John Haig)
745 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
806 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1252 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2758 2001 Kanji
4k5.21 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2333.6 Four corner code
1-34-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6020 Unicode hex code