絞 — kanji meaning “strangle”
絞
strangle, constrict, wring
- Meanings
- strangle, constrict, wring
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- しぼ.る、し.める、し.まる
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1288 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 120
- Chinese reading
- jiǎo, jiǎ — Chinese character page
Words with 絞
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 絞り | しぼり shibori | shibori; tie-dye; tie-dyeing |
| 絞る | しぼる shiboru | to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze |
| 絞める | しめる shimeru | to strangle; to constrict |
| 絞首刑 | こうしゅけい koushukei | death by hanging; execution by hanging |
| 絞殺 | こうさつ kousatsu | strangling (to death); strangulation |
| 絞り込む | しぼりこむ shiborikomu | to squeeze; to wring out |
| 振り絞る | ふりしぼる furishiboru | to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of |
| 絞り込み | しぼりこみ shiborikomi | refinement; narrowing-down |
| 絞首 | こうしゅ koushu | hanging; strangling to death |
| お絞り | おしぼり oshibori | wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel |
| 絞め殺す | しめころす shimekorosu | to strangle to death |
| 絞め技 | しめわざ shimewaza | shime-waza (judo stranglehold) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.