缓 Strokes Write it Listen 缓 huǎn slow; unhurried; sluggish HSK 4 12 strokes Radical 纟 Sound + meaning 6 words Built from纟meaningsīsilk; thread爰soundyuánto lead on to; then, therefore, as a consequence How it works纟 hints at the meaning (thread), and 爰 yuán hints at the sound.