EntryCommonJLPT N2WaniKani 56
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze

    esp. 絞る

    はい。ここに私たちが牛のミルクをしぼった牧場の写真がありますよ。
    Yes, and here's a photo of the farm where we milked the cows.
  2. to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk

    esp. 搾る

  3. to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)

  4. to extort; to exploit

  5. to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke

    often passive voicesee 油を絞る

  6. to drill into; to train

  7. to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down

  8. to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)

  9. to stop down (lens)

  10. to turn down (e.g. radio)

  11. to bend (bow); to draw

  12. to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize

    Sumo

  13. to squeeze

    Go (game)Usually written using kana alonesee しぼり

Also written 搾る【しぼる】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

strangle, constrict, wring

Kun
しぼ.るし.めるし.まる
On
コウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1288 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 25

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-6-6SKIP code
6a6.9The Kanji Dictionary
2094.8Four corner code
2766deroo
7d5eUnicode hex code
1-25-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3535Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4485New Nelson (John Haig)
1349New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1707Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
913Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1236Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1348Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1448Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1825A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1394Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27421Morohashi
1261A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1452Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1545Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1630Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1576Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1565Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1533Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1360Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jiao3, jia3Pinyin reading
gyoKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
25WaniKani level