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Bushu (Radical) Info: 糸 (いと) – thread

Levels: JLPT N1 | JLPT 1 (old) | Grade 8
Frequency: #797 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 締める   [しめる]
  (v1) to tie; to fasten   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 締め切る   [しめきる]
  (v5r) to shut up   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 締切   [しめきり]
  (n) closing; cut-off; end; deadline; Closed; No Entrance   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 取締り   [とりしまり]
  (n) control; management; supervision   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 締め切り   [しめきり]
  (n) closing; cut-off; end; deadline; Closed; No Entrance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取り締まり   [とりしまり]
  (n) control; management; supervision   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取り締まる   [とりしまる]
  (v5r) to manage; to control; to supervise   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 取締まり   [とりしまり]
  (n) control; management; supervision   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取締法   [とりしまりほう]
  control law   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取締役   [とりしまりやく]
  (n) company director; board member   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取締役会   [とりしまりやくかい]
  (n) (1) board of directors; (2) board of directors' meeting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 握り締める   [にぎりしめる]
  (v1) to grasp tightly   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引き締まる   [ひきしまる]
  (v5r) to become tense; to be tightened   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引き締め   [ひきしめ]
  (n) tightening   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引き締める   [ひきしめる]
  (v1) to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引き締る   [ひきしまる]
  (v5r) to become tense; to be tightened   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 締まる   [しまる]
  (v5r) to be shut; to be locked; to become sober   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 締め   [しめ]
  (n) summing up; judo choking (strangling) techniques   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 戸締まり   [とじまり]
  (n) closing up; fastening the doors   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 締め出す   [しめだす]
  (v5s) to shut out; to bar; to lock out   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 締め付け   [しめつけ]
  (n) pressure   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 締結   [ていけつ]
  (n) conclusion; contract   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 締切り   [しめきり]
  (n) closing; cut-off; end; deadline; Closed; No Entrance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 締約   [ていやく]
  (n) conclusion of a treaty   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取り締り   [とりしまり]
  (n) control; management; supervision   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引締め   [ひきしめ]
  (n) tightening   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引締める   [ひきしめる]
  (v1) to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 締 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.