緊 Kanji – tense

Meaning and Readings

How is 緊 read?

緊 has the onyomi reading キン and the kunyomi readings しめる, しまる.

In romaji, these readings can be written as kin, shimeru, shimaru.

Common Japanese Words Using 緊

These common Japanese words contain 緊. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.

• 緊急（きんきゅう） — urgency, emergency
• 緊縮（きんしゅく） — tightening, shrinkage, contraction, constriction
• 緊張（きんちょう） — tension, strain, nervousness, stress
• 緊迫（きんぱく） — tension, strain
• 緊密（きんみつ） — rigour, rigor, closeness, compactness, tightly knit
• 緊急事態宣言（きんきゅうじたいせんげん） — declaration of a state of emergency

Related Kanji

• 確
  assurance, firm, tight, hard, solid, confirm, clear, evident
• 禁
  prohibition, ban, forbid
• 均
  level, average
• 筋
  muscle, sinew, tendon, fiber, plot, plan, descent
• 近
  near, early, akin, tantamount
• 軽
  lightly, trifling, unimportant