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絞

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • strangle
  • constrict
  • wring

On'yomi (音読み)

  • コウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • しぼ.る
  • し.める
  • し.まる
Strokes
12
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1779
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
糸#120 · silk

Components

Common Words

  • 絞こうNoun
    death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
  • 絞るしぼるGodan verb
    to wring (towel, rag), to squeeze
  • 絞りしぼりNoun
    shibori, tie-dye, tie-dyeing
  • お絞りおしぼりNoun
    wet towel (supplied at table), hot, moistened hand towel
  • 絞り込むしぼりこむGodan verb
    to squeeze, to wring out
  • 絞殺こうさつNoun
    strangling (to death), strangulation
  • 絞めるしめるIchidan verb
    to strangle, to constrict
  • 絞首刑こうしゅけいNoun
    death by hanging, execution by hanging

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