Memory phrase for the character: 缓
缓
Meaning
relaxed, unhurried, sluggish, to defer Pronunciation huǎn Explanation Left: thread 纟/糸, right: to help 爰 (a hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.)
Mnemonic
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If you have a thread (a rope?) for helping you can be relaxed. Radicals
糸
thread It has in its upper part the radical "short thread" 幺.
爰
to help This radical is very similar to love: 爱. Here however, an upper hand 爫 helps a lower hand 又 through a rope ノ which has two knots 二.
爫
reaching downwards Shows a hand reaching downwards to pluck sth.
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Vocabulary
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缓和 huǎn hé
to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay; to make more mild
缓慢 huǎn màn
slow; slow-moving
迟缓 chí huǎn
slow; sluggish
迟缓 chí huǎn
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