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緩

緩

See also: 缓

Translingual

Han character

緩 (radical 120 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火月一水 (VFBME), four-corner 22947, composition ⿰糹爰)

  1. slow, leisurely
  2. to postpone, delay

References

  • KangXi: page 931, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27669
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1369, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3429, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+7DE9

Chinese

trad. 緩
simp. 缓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
暖 *noːnʔ
煖 *noːnʔ, *qʰʷan
喛 *qʰʷaːns, *qʰʷan
緩 *ɢʷaːnʔ
鰀 *ɢʷaːnʔ
嵈 *ɢʷaːnʔ
鍰 *ɢʷraːn
湲 *ɢʷan
媛 *ɢʷans, *ɢʷan
瑗 *ɢʷans
援 *ɢʷans, *ɢʷan
褑 *ɢʷans
諼 *qʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
愋 *qʰʷan
楥 *qʰʷans
爰 *ɢʷan
鶢 *ɢʷan
蝯 *ɢʷan
猨 *ɢʷan

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 緩
Mandarin Beijing /xuan²¹⁴/
Harbin /xuan²¹³/
Tianjin /xuan¹³/
Jinan /xuã⁵⁵/
Qingdao /xuã⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /xuan⁵³/
Xi'an /xuã⁵³/
Xining /xuã⁵³/
Yinchuan /xuan⁵³/
Lanzhou /xuɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /xuan⁵¹/
Wuhan /xuan⁴²/
Chengdu /xuan⁵³/
Guiyang /xuan⁴²/
Kunming /xuã̠⁵³/
Nanjing /xuaŋ²¹²/
Hefei /xʊ̃²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /xuæ̃⁵³/
Pingyao /xuɑŋ⁵³/
Hohhot /xuæ̃⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /uø³⁵/
Suzhou /uø⁵¹/
Hangzhou /ʔuõ⁵³/
Wenzhou /jy³⁵/
Hui Shexian /xuɛ³⁵/
Tunxi /xuːə³¹/
Xiang Changsha /xõ⁴¹/
Xiangtan /ɦɔn⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /fɵn²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /fan¹¹/
Taoyuan /fon⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /wun²¹/
Nanning /wun³⁵/
Hong Kong /wun²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /huan²²/
/uan²²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /huɑŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /xuiŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /maŋ³¹/ 訓讀
Haikou (Min Nan) /nuaŋ³¹/
Rime
Character 緩
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 胡管切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦuɑnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷɑnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɑnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwanX/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuɑnX/
Wang
Li		 /ɣuɑnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣuɑnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 緩
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 huǎn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hwanX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɢ]ʷˤa[n]ʔ/
English slack; slow

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 緩
Reading # 1/1
No. 16160
Phonetic
component		 爰
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 緩
Old
Chinese		 /*ɢʷaːnʔ/

Definitions

緩

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Compounds

  • 緩不濟急／缓不济急
  • 緩兵之計／缓兵之计
  • 緩刑／缓刑
  • 緩勁／缓劲
  • 緩勁兒／缓劲儿
  • 緩化劑／缓化剂
  • 緩和／缓和 (huǎnhé)
  • 緩坡／缓坡
  • 緩役／缓役
  • 緩徵／缓征
  • 緩急／缓急
  • 緩性／缓性
  • 緩悠悠／缓悠悠
  • 緩慢／缓慢 (huǎnmàn)
  • 緩期／缓期
  • 緩步／缓步
  • 緩氣／缓气
  • 緩瀉／缓泻
  • 緩緩​​／缓缓​​
  • 緩行／缓行
  • 緩衝／缓冲 (huǎnchōng)
  • 緩解／缓解 (huǎnjiě)
  • 緩限／缓限
  • 緩韁／缓缰

Japanese

Kanji

緩

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

緩 • ‎(wan) (hangeul 완, revised wan, McCune-Reischauer wan, Yale wan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

緩 (hoãn, hoán)

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