Chinese Character 緊 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

緊 meaning[3] in English

Tight.

Strict.

Close At Hand.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (臤) , and fine silk (糸)

Its radical[1] is: (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with SEVIF

How to write 緊

To writejin3tight you should write a combination of qian1 , mi4fine silk arranged in a shape:

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緊 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 緊 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of , looks as follow:

Pinyin:jin3 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Tight . Strict . Close At Hand . Near . Urgent . Tense . Hard Up . Short Of Money . To Tighten

Pinyin:qian1 Shape:

Pinyin:chen2
Meaning[3]: Surname Chen

Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: Fine Silk . Kangxi Radical 120

Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao

Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 緊in English or Chinese