Chinese Character 缓 Meanings and components.

Form

缓

Meaning

缓 meaning[3] in English

Slow.

Unhurried.

Sluggish.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 缓 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (纟) , and surname Yuan (爰)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VMBME

How to write 缓

To write缓huan3slow you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 爰yuan2surname Yuan arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 爰 = 缓

缓 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 缓 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 缓, looks as follow:

缓
Pinyin:huan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Slow . Unhurried . Sluggish . Gradual . Not Tense . Relaxed . To Postpone . To Defer . To Stall . To Stave Off . To Revive . To Recuperate
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
爰
Pinyin:yuan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yuan
爫
Pinyin:zhao3
Meaning[3]: 'Claw' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 87)
叐
Pinyin:ba2 Shape:吕
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
友
Pinyin:you3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Friend
𠂇
Pinyin:zuo3 Shape:+
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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