締

See also 缔

Translingual

shinjitai	締
simplified	缔
traditional	締

Alternative forms

As usual with 糸, note distinct Japanese and traditional Chinese forms of the radical.

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 糸 + phonetic 帝

Han character

締 (radical 120 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火卜月月 (VFYBB), four-corner 2092₇)

1. tie, join, connect
2. connection

References

• KangXi: page 930, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27651
• Dae Jaweon: page 1368, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3430, character 14
• Unihan data for U+7DE0

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Cantonese

Hanzi

締 (simplified 缔, Yale dai3)

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Japanese

Kanji

締 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: てい (tei)
• Kun: しまる (shimaru), むすぶ (musubu), しめる (shimeru)

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Korean

Hanja

締 (hangeul 체, revised che, McCune-Reischauer ch'e, Yale chey)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

締 (simplified 缔, pinyin dì (di4), Wade-Giles ti⁴)