締 — tighten, tie, shut

しめ締 tighten

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 15 strokes

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.

Meanings

tighten
tie
shut
lock
fasten

word

し 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).

締(し) め shime closing 締(し) め切(き) り shimekiri deadline 締(し) める shimeru to tighten 取(と) り締(し) まり torishimari control

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).

締(てい) 結(けつ) teiketsu conclusion (of treaty)

しまり shimari 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).

取(とり) 締(しまり) 役(やく) torishimariyaku company director 取(とり) 締(しまり) torishimari control

しめ shime 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).

締(しめ) 切(きり) shimekiri deadline

しま shima 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).

取(と) り締(しま) まる torishimaru to regulate

Appears in idioms

勝って兜の緒を締めよ諺

Tighten your helmet strings after winning

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

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