Entry
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

    彼は追いつめられたシカを銃でねらった。
    He drew a bead on a stag at bay.

Also written 追いつめる【おいつめる】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile

Kun
お.う
On
ツイ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
411 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

おい

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-3-6SKIP code
2q6.4The Kanji Dictionary
3730.7Four corner code
877deroo
8ffdUnicode hex code
1-36-41JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4686Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6042New Nelson (John Haig)
3096New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3840Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1971Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2667Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1268Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1359Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
398A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
993Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
746Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38836PMorohashi
350A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1174Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1232Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
280sakade
953Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
370henshall3
339Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
966Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
688Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1276Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhui1Pinyin reading
chu, toeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

packed, close, pressed, reprove, rebuke, blame

Kun
つ.めるつ.め-づ.めつ.まるつ.む
On
キツキチ
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1020 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 29

Built from

Used in names as

ずめづめ

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-7-6SKIP code
7a6.7The Kanji Dictionary
0466.1Four corner code
3077deroo
8a70Unicode hex code
1-21-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4359Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5609New Nelson (John Haig)
1521New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1920Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1021Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1380Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
343Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
367Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1035A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1507Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35440Morohashi
1144A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1142Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1195Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
901Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1665Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1576Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1678Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
349Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jie2Pinyin reading
hilKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
29WaniKani level