締 tighten

糸 (string) + 帝 (foreign emperor) Same-ON
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15 strokes
DUPE

Onyomi

Mnemonic

Tighten the string around the foreign emperor!! Next stop, the guillotine!!! Viva la revolucion!

Kunyomi

( を ) し*める to tighten (a knob, guitar strings, a seat-belt, the throat of your 11th victim (each victim you kill in a different way) KANA
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( が ) し*まる something gets tightened or fastened KANA
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Jukugo

締め切り(しめきり)

a deadline ★★★☆☆
締 (tighten) + 切 (cut / important) = 締め切り (a deadline)

取り締まり(とりしまり)

crackdown ★☆☆☆☆
取 (take) + 締 (tighten) = 取り締まり (crackdown)

a crackdown, a regulation of something that was unregulated

Synonyms

choke
締める    絞る    絞める   
to close
閉める    締める    絞める