# 締 tighten

糸 (string) + 帝 (foreign emperor) Same-ON
★★★☆☆
15 strokes
DUPE

## Onyomi

## Mnemonic

| Tighten the string around the foreign emperor!! Next stop, the guillotine!!! Viva la revolucion!

## Kunyomi

( を ) し＊める | to tighten (a knob, guitar strings, a seat-belt, the throat of your 11th victim (each victim you kill in a different way) KANA ★★☆☆☆
( が ) し＊まる | something gets tightened or fastened KANA ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

締め切り(しめきり) | a deadline ★★★☆☆ 締 (tighten) + 切 (cut / important) = 締め切り (a deadline)
取り締まり(とりしまり) | crackdown ★☆☆☆☆ 取 (take) + 締 (tighten) = 取り締まり (crackdown) a crackdown, a regulation of something that was unregulated

## Synonyms

choke 締める 絞る 絞める
to close 閉める 締める 絞める