緊
緊 — Tense
tense, solid, hard, reliable, tight
On’yomiキン (kin)
Kun’yomiしめる (shimeru)
Kun’yomiしまる (shimaru)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 緊
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 緊急 | きんきゅう kinkyuu | urgency; emergency |
| 緊張 | きんちょう kinchou | tension; strain; nervousness |
| 緊密 | きんみつ kinmitsu | rigour; rigor; closeness |
| 緊迫 | きんぱく kinpaku | tension; strain |
| 緊縮 | きんしゅく kinshuku | tightening; shrinkage; contraction |
| 緊急事態宣言 | きんきゅうじたいせんげん kinkyuujitaisengen | declaration of a state of emergency |
Study notes
緊 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #677 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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