Chinese symbol for “soothing”
舒缓
shū huǎn
Traditional: 舒緩
to ease (tension); to relax; to cause sth to relax; to alleviate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for soothing is 舒缓 (shū huǎn), defined as: to ease (tension); to relax; to cause sth to relax; to alleviate; relaxed; easy and unhurried.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “soothing”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 舒缓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舒服 | shū fu | comfortable; feeling well |
| 舒适 (舒適) | shū shì | cozy; snug |
| 舒畅 (舒暢) | shū chàng | happy; entirely free from worry |
| 舒展 | shū zhǎn | to roll out; to extend |
| 舒坦 | shū tan | comfortable; at ease |
| 缓慢 (緩慢) | huǎn màn | slow; unhurried; sluggish |
| 缓解 (緩解) | huǎn jiě | to bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis) |
| 缓和 (緩和) | huǎn hé | to ease (tension); to alleviate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “soothing”.
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.