tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten

= + : In the encampment Joan of Arc is very tense to finally open her present. It is a radio receiver which has been tightly packed in fine silk. Finally when she's finally allowed she urgently opens the package.

紧 character breakdown

variant of 收[shou1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a radio receiver.

In front of the outhouse, Sherlock Holmes wants to improve the range of his radio receiver, so he adds very long roast forks as antennas. To make them safe he shoves boxing gloves over their pointy ends.
fine silk / Kangxi radical 120

= + : In the space station's bathroom, Marilyn Monroe uses zero gravity to fulfill her lifelong dream of flying on a carpet like Aladdin. In the space station she doesn't have a carpet, but she has a large ace on which she sits. She uses a silken scarf as a turban, and she holds a daisy in her hand as magic wand.

Characters with 紧 as component

紧 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 紧

to grasp firmly / to pay special attention to / to rush in / to make the most of
unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but
short of money / hard up
in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important
tightfisted / stingy / short of money / hard up
strict / tight
to clamp / to grip
to concentrate on studying hard
to snatch time / to rush / to hurry (up) / to seize the moment
to pull tight / tensioning
unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind
not important / of no consequence
(idiom) to take one's time; unhurried; leisurely
to tighten one's belt / to live more frugally
see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关[yao3 jin3 ya2 guan1]

Sentences with 紧

紧 currently does not appear in any sentence.