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Kanji Detail for 詰 - "packed, close, pressed, reprove, rebuke, blame"

詰

  • Meaning

    詰 means "packed, close, pressed, reprove, rebuke, blame."

    1. To interrogate - To press; to question closely.

    2. To examine - To investigate.

    3. To bend - To curve.

    4. To stop - To prohibit; to control.

    5. Dawn - Morning; the next day.

    6. To fill - To become full; to narrow.

    7. To reduce - To lessen.

    8. In short - After all; ultimately.

  • Words using 詰

    • 大詰め おおづめ Listen final scene; the end; finale
    • 缶詰 かんづめ Listen canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work)
    • 字詰め じづめ Listen number of characters per line, page, etc.
    • 行き詰まり いきづまり Listen deadlock; stalemate; impasse
    • 詰まる つまる Listen to be packed (with); to be filled; to be full (e.g. of a schedule)
    • 詰まらせる つまらせる Listen to clog; to block; to choke up
    • 詰まり つまり Listen that is to say; that is; in other words
    • 煮詰める につめる Listen to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion

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    • Verified meaning: packed, close, pressed, reprove, rebuke, blame
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さきづめ)

    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.

  • Name readings of 詰

    Surnames 詰(さきづめ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    packed; close; pressed; reprove; rebuke; blame

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    question, interrogate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) to question closely; to interrogate

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to question, to interrogate

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

    To question sternly. Such as 窮詰 (thorough questioning), 面詰 (face-to-face questioning). All mean pursuing with harsh words. | 詰朝 (next morning). The next morning. Appears in Zuo Zhuan.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kichi(キチ) キチ

    kitsu(キツ) キツ

  • Kunyomi

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    du.me(でゅ-め) でゅ-め

    tsu.maru(つ-まる) つ-まる

    tsu.meru(つ-める) つ-める

    tsu.mu(つむ) つむ

    tsume(つめ) つめ

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    to interrogate to fill to reduce to examine to bend to stop investigate question accuse compress prohibit cram pack stuff dawn in short crowd squeeze jam halt cease narrow compact load tamp curve flex conclude

Sentences including 詰

  • what's the matter with you?'' she demanded.

  • I feel ill at ease in her company.

  • I have a full program today.

  • Please fill up the front.

  • I never felt at ease in my father's company.

  • Pack them in the box.

  • I was at a loss for words.

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