緊 Tense

Radical Combination

• 臣

  Servant
• 又

  Stool
• 糸

  Thread

Meaning

Primary

Tense

Mnemonic

The servant sits on a stool, holding a piece of thread, looking very tense.

Hints

You walk by this tense servant and pause for a moment. They raise their tense eyes up at you and you can see they're shaking.

Readings

On’yomi

きん

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You ask the servant why they're so tense, and they say they've been assigned to assassinate the King (きん) of England with this piece of thread.

Hints

Imagine how tense you would be if you were about to try to murder the King! Your entire body would tense up, maybe to the point that you wouldn't be able to actually go through with it.