Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

677 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: tense, solid, hard, reliable, tight

Kunyomi: し.める し.まる

Onyomi: キン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: いと

Meaning: silk

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

急な(きんきゅうな)   urgent, pressing

密な(きんみつな)   close

迫する(きんぱくする)   become tense, grow strained

張する(きんちょうする)   get tense, be strained

Onyomi Examples

キンシュク shrinkage, contraction, economy, retrenchment

キンキュウ urgency, emergency

キッキン urgent, pressing, exigent

Kunyomi Examples

める しめる to be strict with

閉まる しまる to be shut, to close, to be closed, to be firm (of a body, face, etc.), to be well-knit, to be locked, to tighten, to be tightened, to become sober, to become tense