締

締 — tighten, tie, shut

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 15
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #797 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: てい tei
Kun'yomi: し.まる shi.maru

し.まり shi.mari

し.める shi.meru

-し.め -shi.me

-じ.め -ji.me

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 締

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