Kanji N1

締: tighten, tie, shut

締 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning tighten, tie, shut, written with 15 strokes. It is read テイ (on) and しまる, しまり, しめる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 締め切る (しめきる, to close up) and 締める (しめる, to tie).

締

Meanings

  • tighten
  • tie
  • shut
  • lock
  • fasten
Strokes15
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#797 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • テイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • しまる
  • しまり
  • しめる
  • -しめ
  • -じめ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Common words with 締

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 締め切るしめきる

    to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors)

    JLPT N2
  • 締めるしめる

    to tie; to fasten; to tighten

    JLPT N5
  • 締切しめきり

    deadline; closing; cut-off

    JLPT N2
  • 戸締りとじまり

    locking up (doors and windows)

    JLPT N1
  • 締結ていけつ

    conclusion; execution (of a contract)

  • 取締役とりしまりやく

    company director; board member

  • 締約ていやく

    conclusion of a treaty

  • 取締法とりしまりほう

    control law

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.