Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

詰: packed, close

Also: pressed, reprove, rebuke, blame

JLPT N213 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 吉 gives the sound

13 strokes

Five readings, and the words that use each

キツkitsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 詰問するきつもんするcross-examine

つめるtsumeru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 詰めるつめるpack, fill, plug, shorten [v.t.]

-づめ-zume · kun'yomi

  • 缶詰めかんづめcanned goods, tin can
  • 箱詰めはこづめpacked in a box [n.]
  • 鼻詰まりはなづまりnasal congestion
  • 気詰まりきづまりfeel ill at ease, constraint [n.]

つまるtsumaru · kun'yomi

  • 詰まるつまるbe blocked, be packed [v.i.]

つむtsumu · kun'yomi

  • 詰むつむclose, become fine

Also read キチ, つめ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
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繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
言

Also built on speech (言)

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吉

Also built on good luck (吉)

詰 takes the 吉 family's reading, キチ (kichi).

Also read キツ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read キチ

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
詰 packed · 言
vs喜 rejoice · 口
詰 has 言 where 喜 has 口.
In ChineseSimplified 诘 · traditional, as in Japanese · jié

Japan keeps the traditional form 詰; mainland China simplifies it to 诘.

Simplified
诘 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
詰 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jié 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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