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Chinese symbol for “ease”

缓和
huǎn hé
Traditional: 緩和
to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ease is 缓和 (huǎn hé), defined as: to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay; to make more mild.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

缓 huǎn
slow, gradual; to postpone, to delay
radical 120 ⽷ · 12 strokes
和 hé
harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ease”

WordPinyinMeaning
舒缓 (舒緩)shū huǎnto ease (tension); to relax
减轻 (減輕)jiǎn qīngto lighten; to ease
放宽 (放寬)fàng kuānto relax (a rule); to ease (restrictions)
弛缓 (弛緩)chí huǎnto relax; to slacken; to ease; (physics) relaxation (in nuclear magnetic resonance)
疏解shū jiěto mediate; to mitigate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 缓和.

WordPinyinMeaning
缓慢 (緩慢)huǎn mànslow; unhurried; sluggish
缓解 (緩解)huǎn jiěto bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis)
减缓 (減緩)jiǎn huǎnto slow down; to retard
缓存 (緩存)huǎn cún(computing) cache; buffer memory
缓刑 (緩刑)huǎn xíngsuspended sentence; probation
和平hé píngpeace; peaceful
共和国 (共和國)gòng hé guórepublic
和谐 (和諧)hé xiéharmonious; harmony

See also: Japanese symbol for “ease”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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