緩

Information about character(s)

Radical: 糸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 15
Simplified Form: 缓

Pronunciation

Pinyin: huǎn
Cantonese: wun4 wun6
JapaneseKun: YURUI YURUYAKA YURUMU
JapaneseOn: KAN
Korean: WAN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: slow, leisurely; to postpone, delay

CE-Dict: slow/unhurried/sluggish/gradual/not tense/relaxed/to postpone/to defer/to stall/to stave off/to revive/to recuperate

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.slow; unhurried
2.to postpone

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: delay; postpone; put off; relaxed; revive; slow

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: delay; postpone; put off; relaxed; revive; slow

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【糸字部】緩
〔古文〕𦅻【廣韻】【正韻】胡管切【集韻】戸管切【韻會】合管切，𠀤音浣。【說文】𦇻，或省作緩。綽也。【玉篇】遲緩也。【廣韻】舒也。【釋名】緩，浣也，斷也。持之不急則動搖，浣斷自放縱也。【禮·樂記】其樂心感者，其聲嘽以緩。【疏】歡樂在心，故聲必隨而寬緩。【孟子】民事不可緩也。【疏】惟民事當急，而不可緩也。【前漢·朱博傳】齊部舒緩養名。【註】師古曰：其性遲緩，多自高大以養名聲。　又【集韻】火遠切，音咺。苦緩切，音款。義𠀤同。

CF-Dict: retarder/se rétablir/modérer/lent/doux

Han-De-Dict: faul, träge (u.E.)/verschieben, aufschieben (u.E.)