緊 — kanji meaning “tense”
緊
tense, solid, hard, reliable, tight
- Meanings
- tense, solid, hard, reliable, tight
- On'yomi
- キン (kin)
- Kun'yomi
- し.める、し.まる
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #677 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 120
- Chinese reading
- jǐn — Chinese character page
Words with 緊
| 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 |
| 緊密 | きんみつ kinmitsu | rigour; rigor; closeness |
| 緊縮 | きんしゅく kinshuku | tightening; shrinkage; contraction |
| 緊縛 | きんばく kinbaku | binding tightly; tight binding |
| 喫緊 | きっきん kikkin | urgent; pressing; exigent |
| 緊要 | きんよう kin'you | momentous; exigent; urgent |
| 緊急着陸 | きんきゅうちゃくりく kinkyuuchakuriku | emergency landing |
| 緊要地形 | きんようちけい kin'youchikei | key terrain |
| 緊褌 | きんこん kinkon | loincloth |
| 緊褌一番 | きんこんいちばん kinkon'ichiban | gird oneself up |
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