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締

締 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

tighten, tie, shut, lock, fasten

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • テイJHS
Kun (native)
  • し(まる)JHS
  • し(まり)
  • し(める)JHS
  • 〜し(め)
  • 〜じ(め)
Other languages
  • 拼音di4
  • 한글che
  • Hán-ViệtĐề

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7DE0

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸帝

Words using this kanji

  • 締結ていけつ条約・協定などを結ぶこと。 部材同士を、他の物体で抑え込んで固定すること。conclusion, execution (of a contract), entering (into treaty), fastening (as in a joint)
  • 締め切りしめきり「しめきり」の漢字表記。deadline, closing, cut-off, closing (a door, window, etc.)
  • 締約ていやく条約を締結すること。 契約を締結すること。conclusion of a treaty
  • 締め切るしめきる「しめきる」の漢字表記。to close up, to shut up (e.g. behind doors), to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired), to close off (e.g. subscription list)
  • 締め付けしめつけ「しめつけ」の漢字表記。pressure, clamping, tightening, fastening
  • 締めるしめるto tie, to fasten, to tighten, to wear (necktie, belt)
  • 締めしめtying up, binding, fastening, tightening
  • 締め出すしめだすto shut out, to bar, to lock out, to exclude
  • 締め切り日しめきりびtime limit, closing day, deadline
  • 締め付けるしめつける「しめつける」の漢字表記。to tighten, to fasten tight, to constrict, to compress
  • 締まりしまり「しまり」の漢字表記。closing (properly), shutting, firmness, tightness
  • 締まり屋しまりやthrifty person, stingy person, tight-fisted person
  • 締盟ていめい同盟を締結すること。forming an alliance, conclusion of a treaty of alliance
  • 締焼しめやきbisque firing, bisque (pottery)
  • 締木しめぎ(oil) press
  • 締め金しめがねbuckle, clamp, clasp
  • 締め高しめだかsum, total
  • 締めてしめてin all, all told
  • 締太鼓しめだいこsmall high-pitched Japanese drum or taiko with its head pulled taut by ropes
  • 締め代しめしろinterference, jamming

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-9
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2092.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6a9.11
Heisig
1440
Nelson
3581