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tense
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingキン
Kun readingし.める、し.まる
JōyōGrade 8
  1. urgency
  2. emergency

Popular Usage

緊張緊急

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Radical糸silk纟variant
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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loincloth · retainer · slave · crotch · thread (糸) · spiderman

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1474

Compound words

緊張きんちょう
tension; strain; nervousness; stress; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.)
緊張するきんちょうする
to tense
緊急きんきゅう
urgency; emergency
緊縮きんしゅく
tightening; shrinkage; contraction; constriction; (economic) curtailment
緊迫きんぱく
tension; strain
緊密きんみつ
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
緊急事態宣言きんきゅうじたいせんげん
declaration of a state of emergency
吃緊きっきん
urgent
緊々ひしひし
acutely (feel)
緊緊ひしひし
acutely (feel)
緊縛きんばく
binding tightly
緊要きんよう
momentous
緊褌きんこん
loincloth
緊箍児きんこじ
magical circlet given from Guanyin to Xuanzang used to control Sun Wukong (from A Journey To The West)
緊急逮捕きんきゅうたいほ
arrest without warrant
緊急着陸きんきゅうちゃくりく
emergency landing
緊急避妊きんきゅうひにん
emergency contraception
緊要地形きんようちけい
key terrain
緊褌一番きんこんいちばん
gird oneself up
握り緊めるにぎりしめる
to grasp tightly

Additional Examples

彼には僕に話したい緊急の知らせがあった。
He had some urgent news to tell me.tatoeba
彼が入ってくると、緊張した雰囲気になった。
The atmosphere became strained when he came.tatoeba
岡本は事態の緊急性を告げるべく上京した。
OKAMOTO came up to Tokyo to report the urgency of the state of affairs.wiki
強盗など緊急時には、赤色に点滅させることができる。
The company logo indicating lamp can blink in red in case of emergency such as robbery.wiki

Stroke Order

15 strokes

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