漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
締: tighten, tie
Also: shut, lock, fasten
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
糸 carries the meaning · 帝 gives the sound
15 strokes
Five readings, and the words that use each
テイtei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 締結ていけつconclusion; execution (of a contract)
- 締約ていやくconclusion of a treaty
しまるshimaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 取締役とりしまりやくcompany director; board member
- 取締法とりしまりほうcontrol law
しまりshimari · kun'yomi
- 戸締まりとじまりlocking up (doors and windows)
しめるshimeru · kun'yomi
- 締切しめきりdeadline; closing; cut-off
- 締めるしめるto tie; to fasten; to tighten
-しめ-shime · kun'yomi
- 締めしめtying up; binding; fastening
Also read -じめ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side締 tighten · 糸
vs諦 truth · 言In ChineseSimplified 缔 · traditional, as in Japanese · dì
Japan keeps the traditional form 締; mainland China simplifies it to 缔.
- Simplified
- 缔 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 締 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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