EntryCommonJLPT N5WaniKani 27
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to tie; to fasten; to tighten

    離陸の際は、シートベルトを締めなくてはならない。
    You must fasten your seat belts during take-off.
  2. to wear (necktie, belt); to put on

  3. to total; to sum

    see 〆るsee しめる・1

  4. to be strict with

    see 緊めるsee しめる

  5. to economize; to economise; to cut down on

  6. to salt; to marinate; to pickle; to make sushi adding a mixture of vinegar and salt

  7. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

    to kill (fish, poultry, etc.)

  8. to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to keep under strict control

    Colloquialoft. as シメる

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
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

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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