Read Edit View history Discussion 緊 jǐn HSK3 tense Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 臤 represents the sound, while 糸 represents the meaning. Pinyin Separate values with commas jǐn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 紧 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 緊 Simp strokes 緊 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a thread being tightened. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 緊 Simp strokes 緊 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 緊 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 244, 789 ], [ 267, 780 ], [ 307, 781 ], [ 430, 807 ], [ 458, 810 ], [ 479, 805 ] ], [ [ 351, 766 ], [ 366, 751 ], [ 364, 722 ], [ 347, 708 ] ], [ [ 254, 661 ], [ 266, 670 ], [ 438, 702 ], [ 455, 693 ], [ 465, 674 ], [ 449, 640 ], [ 427, 630 ] ], [ [ 255, 567 ], [ 266, 575 ], [ 413, 600 ], [ 452, 601 ], [ 474, 595 ] ], [ [ 347, 573 ], [ 364, 553 ], [ 362, 530 ], [ 347, 519 ] ], [ [ 201, 801 ], [ 231, 760 ], [ 235, 674 ], [ 226, 468 ], [ 264, 468 ], [ 408, 503 ], [ 447, 497 ] ], [ [ 562, 766 ], [ 630, 768 ], [ 689, 787 ], [ 727, 785 ], [ 747, 776 ], [ 722, 693 ], [ 676, 619 ], [ 630, 580 ], [ 581, 554 ], [ 518, 540 ] ], [ [ 529, 711 ], [ 562, 700 ], [ 681, 591 ], [ 795, 516 ], [ 818, 509 ], [ 938, 510 ] ], [ [ 479, 519 ], [ 492, 492 ], [ 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