詰

音読おんよみ: キツ

訓読くんよみ:める・つまる・つ

画数かくすう: 13

部首ぶしゅ: ごんべん(言)

Meaning

Pack / Stuff / Cram / Rebuke

Conjugation
Tap for 詰める (pack; fill) Tap for 詰まる (be packed)
  • める — to pack / stuff / cram
  • 詰問きつもん — cross-examination / questioning
  • 難詰なんきつ — severe rebuke
  • 缶詰かんづめ — canned food / being confined
  • 詰碁つめご — go-problem (life-and-death puzzle in Go)
  • 詰将棋つめしょうぎ — shogi mating problem
  • 腸詰ちょうづめ — sausage
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
  • める — to pursue thoroughly; to press to the limit
  • める — to question closely; to press for answers
  • める — to boil down; to work out details; to refine
  • める — to drive into a corner; to corner
  • む — to cram into; to pack tightly

The kanji combines the 言 radical (speech/words) with the phonetic 吉 (good fortune). Its meanings range from “packing tightly” to “pressing with words,” as in interrogation or rebuke.

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