What is the Kanji for "Tighten", "Urgent", and "Tense"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Tighten", "Urgent", and "Tense", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Tighten", "Urgent", and "Tense" is "緊".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Kin".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "糸" means "Thread" and can be read as "Ito" and "Shi". And The component "臤" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "緊" mean in japanese?

"緊" means "Tighten", "Urgent", and "Tense".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

緊急: "Urgent". The adjectival noun '緊急 (きんきゅう)' means 'urgent'. This word is used to describe a situation or event that requires immediate attention or action, due to its importance or critical nature. It conveys a sense of necessity and high priority. For example: There is an urgent matter that needs your attention - (緊急の件で、あなたの注意が必要です). This is an urgent situation, we need to act quickly - (これは緊急の事態です。迅速に行動する必要があります).

緊張: "Tension". The verbal noun '緊張 (きんちょう)' means 'tension'. This refers to a state of being on edge, nervous, or uneasy, often in anticipation of something. It can describe physical, emotional or psychological tension. For example: I felt tension before the big presentation - (私は発表の前に緊張を感じた). The actor felt tension on stage - (俳優は舞台で緊張を感じていた).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "き" is read as "ki". And The hiragana "ん" is read as "n".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.