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締 = 糸 + 帝
締 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tighten”. It is built from 糸 (thread) and 帝 (sovereign). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1440.
- Keyword
- tighten
- RTK frame
- 1440
- Strokes
- 15
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- テイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- し.まる, し.まり, し.める, -し.め, -じ.め
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- затягивать
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 締 tie
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 締 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “thread” + “sovereign”. 締 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 締 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.