斂 — kanji meaning “tighten”
斂
tighten, stiffen
- Meanings
- tighten, stiffen
- On'yomi
- レン (ren)
- Kun'yomi
- おさ.める
- Strokes
- 17
- Classical radical
- 66
- Chinese reading
- liàn, liǎn — Chinese character page
Words with 斂
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 収斂 | しゅうれん shuuren | astringency; constriction; contraction |
| 斂葬 | れんそう rensou | interment; burial |
| 苛斂 | かれん karen | oppressive exaction (of taxes, etc.) |
| 聚斂 | しゅうれん shuuren | (levying of a) heavy taxation |
| 苛斂誅求 | かれんちゅうきゅう karenchuukyuu | exaction of heavy taxes; imposing oppressive taxes |
| 収斂進化 | しゅうれんしんか shuurenshinka | convergent evolution |
| 葬斂 | そうれん souren | burying (a corpse); entombing; interring |
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