紧 - Dong Chinese dictionary

jǐn

tense

Simplified form of 緊. Phonosemantic compound. 臤 represents the sound, while 糸 represents the meaning.

Components

qiān

to gouge out an eye

紧 and 臤 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

糸 Meaning component

mì

silk

Depicts a thread being tightened.

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

jǐn

tense, tight, taut; firm, secure; tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten

Most common words with 紧

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 75.3804% of movies

476th most common character in movies

560th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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