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Strokes

緊

tense, solid, hard, reliable, tight

JLPTN1School grade8Strokes15Frequency#677
Kun
しめる · しまるshimeru · shimaru
On
キンkine.g.緊急きんきゅうemergency

Kun is the Japanese reading, used when the kanji stands alone with kana after it. On comes from Chinese and is mostly used in compound words.

Radical
糸silk
Parts
  • 糸silk
  • 幺short thread
  • 小small
  • 臣minister
  • 又again

Used in words

  • 緊急(きんきゅう)
    emergency

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