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緩 = 爰 + 糸

緩 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “slacken”. It is built from 爰 (migrating ducks) and 糸 (thread). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2102.

Keyword
slacken
RTK frame
2102
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ゆる.い, ゆる.やか, ゆる.む, ゆる.める
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
слабак
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
緩 slow

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 爰 migrating ducks
  2. 糸 thread

How to find 緩 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “migrating ducks” + “thread”. 緩 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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