絞

strangle, constrict, wring

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

コウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

し.まるし.めるしぼ.る

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:12

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1288

Vocabulary

コウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
絞殺	コウサツ	strangling (to death); strangulation
絞首刑	コウシュケイ	death by hanging; execution by hanging
絞首台	コウシュダイ	gallows
絞首	コウシュ	hanging; strangling to death
絞罪	コウザイ	execution by hanging; hanging

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
お絞り	おしぼり	wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
絞り	しぼり	shibori; tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture; aperture stop; stop; contraction; squeezing; choke; squeeze
絞り	シボリ	shibori; tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture; aperture stop; stop; contraction; squeezing; choke; squeeze
絞る	しぼる	to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort; to exploit; to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke; to drill into; to train; to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down; to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring); to stop down (lens); to turn down (e.g. radio); to bend (bow); to draw; to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize; to squeeze
絞る	シボる	to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort; to exploit; to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke; to drill into; to train; to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down; to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring); to stop down (lens); to turn down (e.g. radio); to bend (bow); to draw; to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize; to squeeze

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