Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency

    国家財政は厳しく逼迫している。
    The government finances are severely squeezed.
  2. being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing; being tough

Also written ひっ迫【ひっぱく】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

urge, force, imminent, spur on

Kun
せま.るむかばき
On
フクヒツヒョクヒキ
Strokes
12
Radical
walk

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
3-3-9, 3-4-9SKIP code
2q9.7The Kanji Dictionary
3130.6Four corner code
903cUnicode hex code
1-41-15JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4717Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6085New Nelson (John Haig)
2420Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2500Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
38973XMorohashi
bi1Pinyin reading
pibKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

urge, force, imminent, spur on

Kun
せま.る
On
ハク
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
773 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 27

Built from

Used in names as

さこせこはさはさまはざま

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
3-3-5SKIP code
2q5.5The Kanji Dictionary
3630.0Four corner code
878deroo
8febUnicode hex code
1-39-87JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4676Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6031New Nelson (John Haig)
3074New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3815Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1953Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2647Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
282Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
300Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
842A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
747Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1411Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38797PMorohashi
1697A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1175Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1233Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1805Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1218Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
964Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
684Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
288Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
po4, pai3Pinyin reading
bagKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
27WaniKani level