EntryCommonJLPT N5WaniKani 35
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to be shut; to close; to be closed

    esp. 閉まる

    あいにく店は閉まっていた。
    Unfortunately, the store was closed.
  2. to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit

  3. to be locked

  4. to tighten; to be tightened

  5. to become sober; to become tense

Also written 締まる【しまる】緊まる【しまる】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

closed, shut

Kun
と.じると.ざすし.めるし.まるた.てる
On
ヘイ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
951 of 2500
Radical
gate
WaniKani
Level 33

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Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
3-8-3SKIP code
8e3.3The Kanji Dictionary
7724.7Four corner code
3847deroo
9589Unicode hex code
1-42-36JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4945Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6385New Nelson (John Haig)
3319New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4116Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2090Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2832Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1623Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1751Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1143A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
900Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41222Morohashi
968A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
397Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
401Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
981Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
979henshall3
931Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
216Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.16busy_people
1839Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1637Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bi4Pinyin reading
pyeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
33WaniKani level