緊 (jǐn)
tight; strict; urgent; tense
How 緊 is written
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 臣 — minister/official
- Traditional
- 緊
- Simplified
- 紧
Components
- 臣 minister/official
- 又 right hand
- 糸 silk
Common words using 緊
- 緊張 jǐnzhāng
- nervous; keyed up; intense
- 趕緊 gǎnjǐn
- hurriedly; without delay
- 抓緊 zhuājǐn
- to grasp firmly; to pay special attention to; to rush in
- 收緊 shōujǐn
- to tighten up (restrictions etc)
- 緊密 jǐnmì
- inseparably close
- 緊急 jǐnjí
- urgent; emergency
- 緊握 jǐnwò
- to hold firmly, not let go
- 緊湊 jǐncòu
- compact; terse; tight (schedule)
- 緊緊 jǐnjǐn
- closely; tightly
- 緊繃 jǐnbēng
- to stretch taut
- 緊要 jǐnyào
- critical; crucial; vital
- 緊迫 jǐnpò
- pressing; urgent
緊 in a sentence
時間很緊，我們得趕快出發。
Shíjiān hěn jǐn, wǒmen děi gǎnkuài chūfā.
“Time is tight; we need to leave immediately.”
How common is 緊?
緊 is the 560th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 78.2% of all running text.
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