Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
tense, solid, hard, reliable, tight
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
677 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 緊縮 【キンシュク】 shrinkage, contraction, economy, retrenchment
  • 緊急 【キンキュウ】 urgency, emergency
  • 喫緊 【キッキン】 urgent, pressing, exigent

Kun reading compounds

  • 緊める 【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

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin3
Korean:
gin

Spanish

  • severo
  • estricto
  • tensar
  • apretar
  • apremiante
  • urgente

Portuguese

  • tenso
  • apertado
  • de confiança
  • duro
  • sólido

French

  • tendu
  • solide
  • dur
  • fiable
  • serré
1179 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
912 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3560 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1088 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1637 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1290 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1364 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1186 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1509 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3517 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1816 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2471 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1386 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27603 Morohashi
2838 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4524 New Nelson (John Haig)
1374 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1474 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1792 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3441 2001 Kanji
6a9.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-6 SKIP code
2-8-6 SKIP code
7790.3 Four corner code
1-22-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7dca Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
truss, arrest, bind, tie, restrain
Kun:
しば.る
On:
バク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1764 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 縛 【バク】 tying up, restraint, restriction, arrest
  • 縛する 【バクスル】 to bind, to restrain
  • 呪縛 【ジュバク】 spell (that restricts one's movements), binding spell
  • 繋縛 【ケイバク】 constraint, restraint, restriction, binding

Kun reading compounds

  • 縛る 【しばる】 to tie, to bind, to fasten, to restrict (freedom), to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.), to fetter

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu2
Korean:
bag

Spanish

  • atar
  • amarrar
  • arrestar
  • refrenar
  • contener

Portuguese

  • atar
  • prender
  • unir
  • amarrar
  • apertar

French

  • ficeler
  • lier
  • attacher
  • arrêts
  • contrainte
1701 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1983 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3593 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1361 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1643 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1448 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1541 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1569 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1555 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1779 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
949 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1282 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1388 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27771X Morohashi
1405 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4567 New Nelson (John Haig)
1376 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1476 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1844 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2748 2001 Kanji
6a10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-10 SKIP code
2394.6 Four corner code
2394.2 Four corner code
1-39-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e1b Unicode hex code