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

hurriedly / without delay
important / urgent
compact / terse / tight (schedule)
urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
to hold firmly, not let go
to stick close to / to press up against
to press hard / to close in on
in short supply / scarce
(economics) to reduce / to curtail / to cut back / to tighten / austerity / tightening / crunch
the Band-tightening Spell (in 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]) / a spell or incantation for controlling sb
to be right next to / close neighbor
to be right next to / to lean closely against
to tighten / to contract / to shrink in
to close securely / tightly closed / secure
to stretch taut
urgent / in a great hurry / in intimate relationship with sb
to follow closely behind sb or sth (idiom)

Sentences with 紧

紧 currently does not appear in any sentence.