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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- huan3
- English meanings
- slow, unhurried, sluggish, gradual, not tense, relaxed, to postpone, to defer, to stall, to stave off, to revive, to recuperate
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 纟; right 爰.
Meaning & sound clues
纟 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “thread”.
爰 is identified as the sound component (yuán). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 缓.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
call; summon
unreal; illusory; fantasy
contract (an illness)
trade
happy
happy
glowing
ring
paralysis; breakdown
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 延缓
- 缓和
- 缓慢
- 缓缓
- 缓解