紧 (jǐn) — Chinese Character

紧

jǐn

tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten

Radical: 糸 HSK 3 a, d pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

紧 decomposes into the following components:

又糸

Semantic component: 糸.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 紧.

严紧

yán jǐn

关紧

guān jǐn

加紧

jiā jǐn

勒紧

lēi jǐn

压紧

yā jǐn

吃紧

chī jǐn

夹紧

jiā jǐn

手紧

shǒu jǐn

打紧

dǎ jǐn

抓紧

zhuā jǐn

拉紧

lā jǐn

挤紧

jǐ jǐn

Characters that share the radical 糸.

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