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絞 means 'wring (out)'
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The 絞 kanji affords access to practical devices, such as juice squeezers and garlic presses. This kanji also introduces us to Japanese tie-dyeing. But 絞 really comes to life with its figurative uses, enabling us to put the screws on someone, squeeze money out of people, zero in on something, weed out applicants, and rack our brains. See what it means to strangle slowly with a silk cord.
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 絞 is used 3 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 絞 is used 51 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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コウ
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しぼる
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2. to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk (esp. 搾る)
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しめる
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しめる
(read as じ)
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noun, 'suru' verb
pinioning; binding arms behind the back(click the word to view an additional 4 forms, examples and links)
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しぼる
(read as しぼり)
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