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

urgent / emergency
closely / tightly
inseparably close
to follow precisely / to comply with
immediately afterwards / shortly after that
to gaze / to stare fixedly
supply shortage
to stretch taut / (of muscles etc) taut / strained / tense
see 節衣縮食|节衣缩食[jie2 yi1 suo1 shi2]
to wrap tightly / to wind tightly / to bind / close-fitting (clothes)
to keep a close eye on sb (idiom)
to pursue closely
to stick closely to (a topic or theme etc)
to hug / to embrace
to pinch / to squeeze tightly

Sentences with 紧

紧 currently does not appear in any sentence.