締 — tighten, tie, shut
しめ
締
tighten
しめ
U+7DE0
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #797
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1440
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- tighten
- tie
- shut
- lock
- fasten
Readings
- On'yomi
- てい tei
- Kun'yomi
- し shi じ ji
word
し ・じ shi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
てい tei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
しまり shimari
しめ shime
Words by frequency and grade
23 wordsEach dot is a word containing 締: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 14 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.