slacken, loosen, relax, lessen
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
It is Japanese. It usually shows up when the kanji stands alone or is followed by hiragana.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
Visual decomposition, for recognising and comparing — not always the character's origin.
Where it appears is highlighted — the translation doesn't always make that visible.
窓をしっかり閉めて、緩いところがあればテープで補強するといいよ。
Mado wo shikkari shimete, yurui tokoro ga areba teepu de hokyou suru to ii yo.
Close the windows tight, and if any of them are loose, reinforce them with tape.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-09-07 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0