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.

Words containing 紧

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 紧.

严紧
yán jǐn
strict
关紧
guān jǐn
to close firmly
加紧
jiā jǐn
to intensify
勒紧
lēi jǐn
to tighten (bond)
压紧
yā jǐn
to compress
吃紧
chī jǐn
in short supply
夹紧
jiā jǐn
clamp
手紧
shǒu jǐn
打紧
dǎ jǐn
important
抓紧
zhuā jǐn
to grasp firmly
拉紧
lā jǐn
to pull tight
挤紧
jǐ jǐn
to squeeze

Related characters (radical 糸)

Characters that share the radical 糸.

糸 系 紊 素 索 紥 紫 紮 累 絛 絜 絮 絷 綦 綮 緊 縈 縣 縻 繁 繇 繫 纂 纍

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