Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
2046 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 13
Meaning: squeeze
Kunyomi: しぼ.る
Onyomi: サク
Composition: 扌 窄
Radical: 手
Meaning: hand
搾取 (サクシュ) exploitation, bleeding dry, squeezing dry, milking (e.g. a cow's teat), extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
搾乳 (サクニュウ) milking (a cow, goat, etc.), breast pumping
圧搾 (アッサク) pressure, compression
絞る (しぼる) to wring (towel, rag), to squeeze, to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk, to rack (one's brains), to strain (one's voice), to extort, to exploit, to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke, to drill into, to train, to narrow down (one's focus), to whittle down, to gather up (curtain, etc.), to tighten (drawstring), to stop down (lens), to turn down (e.g. radio), to bend (bow), to draw, to hold down, to constrict, to immobilize
Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
2046 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 13
Meaning: squeeze
Kunyomi: しぼ.る
Onyomi: サク
Composition: 扌 窄
Radical: 手
Meaning: hand
搾取 (サクシュ) exploitation, bleeding dry, squeezing dry, milking (e.g. a cow's teat), extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
搾乳 (サクニュウ) milking (a cow, goat, etc.), breast pumping
圧搾 (アッサク) pressure, compression
絞る (しぼる) to wring (towel, rag), to squeeze, to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk, to rack (one's brains), to strain (one's voice), to extort, to exploit, to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke, to drill into, to train, to narrow down (one's focus), to whittle down, to gather up (curtain, etc.), to tighten (drawstring), to stop down (lens), to turn down (e.g. radio), to bend (bow), to draw, to hold down, to constrict, to immobilize