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Kanji Detail for 緊 - "tight, urgent"

緊

  • Meaning

    緊 means "tight, urgent." Also associated with to shrink.

    1. Tight - To bind; to tighten firmly.

    2. Urgent - Pressing; hurried.

    3. To shrink - To contract; to tighten.

  • Words using 緊

    • 緊急 きんきゅう Listen urgency; emergency
    • 緊張 きんちょう Listen tension; strain; nervousness
    • 緊密 きんみつ Listen rigour; rigor; closeness
    • 緊迫 きんぱく Listen tension; strain
    • 緊縮 きんしゅく Listen tightening; shrinkage; contraction
    • 緊急事態宣言 きんきゅうじたいせんげん Listen declaration of a state of emergency

  • Four-character idioms with 緊

    • 緊張緩和 きんちょうかんわ Listen easing of tensions; detente; thaw
    • 緊褌一番 きんこんいちばん Listen gird oneself up

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    • Verified meaning: tight, urgent
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to shrink

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tense; solid; hard; reliable; tight

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    tense, tight, taut; firm, secure

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    tense, tight, taut; firm, secure

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Wound silk being tight. All that is bound tightly is called 緊. Urgent matters are also called 緊. Such as saying 緊要 (important).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kin(キン) キン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    shi.maru(し-まる) し-まる

    shi.meru(し-める) し-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    tight urgent to shrink severe strict contract tense pressing firm rigid taut strain stress pressure compact constrict intensity urgency

Sentences including 緊

  • I'm always under pressure.

  • In case of emergency , call the police.

  • There's no need to be that tense.

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