The kanji 緊: meaning, readings and stroke order
緊
- Meaning
- tight, urgent
- On reading
- キン kin
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 糸 silk
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- căng, gấp (khẩn)
- Japanese
- ぴんと はる。さしせまる。
- Korean
- 팽팽하다, 급하다 (긴)
- Chinese
- 紧、紧急 (紧)
Readings, words and example sentences
キン kin · on reading
緊急
emergency, urgent
緊急の 知らせが 入りました。
We got urgent news.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.