Entry
  1. Noun

    draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh

  2. fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport)

    esp. いけしめ

  3. killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank

    esp. いけしめ

Also written 活締め【いけじめ】活締【いけじめ】活〆【いけじめ】活け〆【いけじめ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lively, resuscitation, being helped, living

Kun
い.きるい.かすい.ける
On
カツ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
171 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3a6.16The Kanji Dictionary
3216.4Four corner code
377deroo
6d3bUnicode hex code
1-19-72JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2552Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3132New Nelson (John Haig)
385New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
460Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
285Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
345Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
143Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
154Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
203A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
819Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
198Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17423Morohashi
244A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
237Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
237Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
174sakade
681Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
99henshall3
172Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
132crowley
517Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.10busy_people
1185Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
145Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huo2Pinyin reading
hwal, gwalKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

tighten, tie, shut, lock, fasten

Kun
し.まるし.まりし.める-し.め-じ.め
On
テイ
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
797 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 27

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-6-9SKIP code
6a9.11The Kanji Dictionary
2092.7Four corner code
2744deroo
7de0Unicode hex code
1-36-89JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3581Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4549New Nelson (John Haig)
1393New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1761Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
945Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1274Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1340Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1440Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
740A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1243Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27651Morohashi
1622A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1180Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1239Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1638Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1794Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1067Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1552Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1352Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
di4Pinyin reading
cheKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
27WaniKani level