緊
tense; solid; hard; reliable; tight
15 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 677.
Readings
- キン (on reading): 緊張 (きんちょう) tension; 緊急 (きんきゅう) urgency
- しめる (kun reading): 緊める (しめる) to be strict with
- しまる (kun reading)
Components
- 臤
- 糸
- 又 radical again; right hand
- 小 radical small
- 幺 radical short thread
- 糸 radical thread
- 臣 radical minister; retainer
Words using 緊
- 緊張 (きんちょう) tension
- 緊急 (きんきゅう) urgency
- 緊張感 (きんちょうかん) feeling of tension
- 緊急事態宣言 (きんきゅうじたいせんげん) declaration of a state of emergency
- 緊密 (きんみつ) rigour
- 緊める (しめる) to be strict with
88 words in all.