Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
bow
Parts:
slacken, relax
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2497 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 弛緩 【シカン】 relaxation (e.g. of muscles), becoming flaccid
  • 弛張 【シチョウ】 looseness and tension, leniency and strictness, magnanimity and sternness
  • 弛緩 【シカン】 relaxation (e.g. of muscles), becoming flaccid
  • 弛緩出血 【シカンシュッケツ】 atonic hemorrhage, atonic haemorrhage
  • 一張一弛 【イッチョウイッシ】 tension and relaxation

Kun reading compounds

  • 弛む 【たるむ】 to slacken, to loosen, to relax, to droop (e.g. loose or flabby skin), to sag (ceiling), to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention), to not put one's heart in
  • 弛める 【たるめる】 to slacken, to loosen
  • 弛む 【たるむ】 to slacken, to loosen, to relax, to droop (e.g. loose or flabby skin), to sag (ceiling), to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention), to not put one's heart in
  • 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
  • 緩み 【ゆるみ】 slack, looseness, play

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chi2
Korean:
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1564 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
245 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
186 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
9724 Morohashi
1684 New Nelson (John Haig)
2242 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2348 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3h3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
1421.2 Four corner code
1-35-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f1b Unicode hex code