緊

See also: 紧

Translingual

simpl.		紧
trad.		緊

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 臤 + semantic 糸.

Han character

緊 (radical 120 糸+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸水女戈火 (SEVIF), four-corner 7790₃)

1. tense, tight, taut
2. firm, secure

References

• KangXi: page 929, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27603
• Dae Jaweon: page 1367, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3410, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7DCA

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Cantonese

Hanzi

緊 (simplified 紧, Jyutping gan2, Yale gan2)

1. Grammatical particle used to express progressive aspect (an ongoing activity) which may undergo a change of state. Similar to the -ing form in English

   我讀緊書。

   ngo5 duk6 gan2 syu1

   I am reading a book.

   佢著緊衫。

   keoi5 zoek3 gan2 saam1

   He/she is putting clothes on.

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Japanese

Kanji

緊

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: きん (kin)
• Kun: ちぢむ (chijimu), きびしい (kibishii)

Compounds

• 緊急
• 緊縮
• 緊張
• 緊縛
• 緊迫
• 緊密

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Korean

Hanja

緊 (gin) (hangeul 긴, revised gin, McCune-Reischauer kin, Yale kin)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

緊 (simplified 紧, Pinyin jǐn (jin3), Wade-Giles chin³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

緊 (khẩn, lẳm)

References

• Nom Foundation