Kanji N2

詰: packed, close, pressed

詰 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning packed, close, pressed, written with 13 strokes. It is read キツ, キチ (on) and つめる, つめ, つまる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 缶詰 (かんづめ, canned food) and 詰まる (つまる, to be packed).

詰

Meanings

  • packed
  • close
  • pressed
  • reprove
  • rebuke
  • blame
Strokes13
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1020 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キツ
  • キチ

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

Kun reading
  • つめる
  • つめ
  • -づめ
  • つまる
  • つむ

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

Watch the stroke order

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

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 13. Start at the dot.

Common words with 詰

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

  • 缶詰かんづめ

    canned food; tinned food

    JLPT N2
  • 詰まるつまる

    to be packed (with); to be filled

    JLPT N2
  • 詰めるつめる

    to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill

    JLPT N3
  • 詰らないつまらない

    dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious

    JLPT N5
  • 詰まりつまり

    that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean

    JLPT N3
  • 瓶詰びんづめ

    bottling

    JLPT N2
  • 詰るなじる

    to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to find fault

    JLPT N1
  • 大詰めおおづめ

    final scene; the end; finale

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