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緩

huǎn

slow

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 爰 represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

糹  Meaning component

sī, mì

  

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

爰 sound component

爰  Sound component

yuán

  

pull, draw, lead on

Evolution

緩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
緩 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
緩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

缓 (緩) 

huǎn

slow, leisurely; to postpone, delay; slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate

Most common words with 緩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

缓解

to bring relief

缓

slow

缓慢

slow

缓缓

slowly

缓和

to alleviate

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷˤa[n]ʔ

hwanX

huǎn

slack; slow


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 13.8075% of movies

1867th most common character in movies

1111th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

缓

Unicode

U+7DE9

Shuowen

“，繛也。从素，爰聲。緩，或省。”


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