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Kanji Detail for 弛 - "to relax, to loosen, to ease"

弛

  • Meaning

    弛 means "to relax, to loosen, to ease."

    1. Loosen - To slacken; to relax tension.

    2. Slack - To become loose or lax.

    3. Ease - To release; to relieve.

  • Words using 弛

    • 弛む たるむ Listen to slacken; to loosen; to relax

  • Four-character idioms with 弛

    • 一張一弛 いっちょういっし Listen tension and relaxation

  • Tattoo check: 弛

    • Verified meaning: to relax, to loosen, to ease
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    slacken; relax

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    loosen, relax, unstring a bow

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax; to loosen

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to loosen, to relax; to unstring a bow

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A bow unstrung. Releasing the bowstring is 弛. | To loosen. Like saying "relaxing." Alternating tightening and loosening is 弛張, using the bow as a metaphor.

  • Onyomi

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    chi(チ) チ

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

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    taru.meru(たる-める) たる-める

    taru.mu(たる-む) たる-む

    tayu.mu(たゆ-む) たゆ-む

    yuru.mi(ゆる-み) ゆる-み

    yuru.mu(ゆる-む) ゆる-む

  • Strokes

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    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    弓 (yumi・yumihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to relax to loosen to ease subside slacken slack unfasten untie unwind let go calm soothe release lax

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