EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verb

    to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to droop (e.g. loose or flabby skin); to sag (ceiling)

    Usually written using kana alone

  2. to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in

    Usually written using kana alone

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

slacken, relax

Kun
たる.むたる.めるたゆ.むゆる.むゆる.み
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2497 of 2500
Radical
bow

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Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-3-3SKIP code
3h3.1The Kanji Dictionary
1421.2Four corner code
5f1bUnicode hex code
1-35-48JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1564Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1684New Nelson (John Haig)
245Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
186Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2242Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2348Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
9724Morohashi
chi2Pinyin reading
iKorean reading