詰
詰 — Packed
packed, close, pressed, reprove, rebuke, blame
On’yomiキツ (kitsu)
On’yomiキチ (kichi)
Kun’yomiつめる (tsumeru)
Kun’yomiつめ (tsume)
Kun’yomi-づめ (zume)
Kun’yomiつまる (tsumaru)
Kun’yomiつむ (tsumu)
Stroke order (13 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 詰
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大詰め | おおづめ oozume | final scene; the end; finale |
| 缶詰 | かんづめ kanzume | canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work) |
| 字詰め | じづめ jizume | number of characters per line, page, etc. |
| 行き詰まり | いきづまり ikizumari | deadlock; stalemate; impasse |
| 詰まらせる | つまらせる tsumaraseru | to clog; to block; to choke up |
| 詰まる | つまる tsumaru | to be packed (with); to be filled; to be full (e.g. of a schedule) |
Study notes
詰 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1020 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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