Japanese symbol for “closeness”
緊密
きんみつ
Romaji: kinmitsu
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness
In Japanese, closeness is 緊密, read きんみつ (kinmitsu).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- adj-na, n rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “closeness”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 親 | しん shin | intimacy; closeness; friendliness |
| 昵懇 | じっこん jikkon | intimacy; familiarity; closeness |
| 昵近 | じっきん jikkin | familiarity; closeness |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 緊急 | きんきゅう kinkyuu | urgency; emergency |
| 緊張 | きんちょう kinchou | tension; strain; nervousness |
| 緊迫 | きんぱく kinpaku | tension; strain |
| 緊縮 | きんしゅく kinshuku | tightening; shrinkage; contraction |
| 緊縛 | きんばく kinbaku | binding tightly; tight binding |
| 秘密 | ひみつ himitsu | secret; secrecy; confidentiality |
| 密度 | みつど mitsudo | density |
| 精密 | せいみつ seimitsu | precise; exact; detailed |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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