緊
See also: 紧
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Translingual
Han character
緊 (radical 120, 糸+8 in Chinese, 糸+9 in Japanese, 14 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 尸水女戈火 (SEVIF), four-corner 77903, composition ⿱臤糸)
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
Chinese
| trad. | 緊 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 紧 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (臣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 臤 | *kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins |
| 掔 | *kʰriːn, *kʰiːn |
| 慳 | *kʰriːn |
| 藖 | *ɡriːn, *ɡriːns |
| 堅 | *kiːn |
| 鋻 | *kiːn, *kiːns |
| 鰹 | *kiːn |
| 蜸 | *kʰiːnʔ |
| 菣 | *kʰiːns, *kʰins |
| 賢 | *ɡiːn |
| 礥 | *ɡiːn, *ɢrin |
| 臔 | *ɡiːnʔ |
| 挋 | *kiŋs |
| 臣 | *ɡiŋ |
| 茞 | *ɡiŋ |
| 腎 | *ɡjinʔ |
| 頣 | *hŋiŋʔ |
| 緊 | *kinʔ |
| 嚚 | *ŋɡriŋ |
| 鏗 | *kʰreːŋ |
| 摼 | *kʰreːŋ |
| 硻 | *kʰreːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kinʔ) : phonetic 臤 (OC *kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins) + semantic 糸.
Pronunciation
Definitions
緊
- tense; tight; taut; tightly
- firm; secure
- to tighten
- strict
- pressing; urgent
- short of money; hard up
- violent; heavy
- critical; important
- (literary or Min Nan) quick; rapid; quickly
- (Cantonese) Grammatical particle used to express progressive aspect (an ongoing activity) which may undergo a change of state. Similar to the -ing form in English.
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 快 (“fast; quick; speedy”) [map] | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 快, 快速, 迅速 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 快 |
| Taiwan | 快 | |
| Jinan | 快 | |
| Xi'an | 快 | |
| Wuhan | 快 | |
| Chengdu | 快 | |
| Yangzhou | 快, 𢜶 | |
| Hefei | 快, 𢜶 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 快, 快脆 |
| Hong Kong | 快, 快脆 | |
| Taishan | 快, 快脆 | |
| Yangjiang | 快 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 快 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 快, 遽 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 遽 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 遽 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 遽 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 遽, 拚 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 遽 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 緊 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 快 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 快 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 快, 猛 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 緊 |
| Quanzhou | 緊 | |
| Zhangzhou | 緊 | |
| Taipei | 緊 | |
| Penang | 緊, 猛, 快 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 緊 | |
| Chaozhou | 猛 | |
| Shantou | 猛 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 快, 𢜶 |
| Wenzhou | 快, 緊 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 快, 快迅 |
| Shuangfeng | 快, 快迅 | |
| Dialectal synonyms of 正在 (“in the process of; currently”) [map] | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 正在, 刻正 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 正在, 在 |
| Taiwan | 正在, 在 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 喺度, 喺處, 緊 > |
| Hong Kong | 喺度, 喺處, 緊 > | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 當, 在該, 當在 |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 當, 在該 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 當, 在該 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 當, 在該 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 當, 在該 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 正在, 在遐 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧 |
| Quanzhou | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧 | |
| Zhangzhou | 咧, 當咧, 拄咧 | |
| Taipei | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 佇咧, 咧 | |
| Shantou | 在 | |
| Note | > - after verb | |
Compounds
Derived terms from 緊
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Japanese
Kanji
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Korean
Hanja
緊 • (gin) (hangeul 긴, revised gin, McCune–Reischauer kin, Yale kin)
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Vietnamese
Han character
緊 (khẩn, lẳm)
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References
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