緊 = 臤 + 糸

緊 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “tense”. It is built from 臤 (hard) and 糸 (silk).

Keyword: tense
Pinyin (Mandarin): jǐn
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: tense, tight, taut, напряженный, tight, taut
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 緊 tense

Decomposition

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臤 hard
糸 silk

How to find 緊 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hard” + “silk”. 緊 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 緊 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.