Memory phrase for the Kanji: 締

締

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Meaning bind, tighten, tie, lock, fasten

Pronunciation

TEI
shimaru/meru

Explanation

Left: thread 糸, right: emperor 帝 (Stand 立 up and cover 冖 with cloth 巾, the emperor comes.)

Mnemonic
 
A thread connects you to the emperor as a binding.

Radicals

糸 thread
帝 emperorStand up 立 and cover 冖 with cloth 巾, the emperor 帝 comes. Sometimes it is mixed with "old" 古 to become the old emperor like at rival 敵.
巾 cloth, width巾 [はば] means width. The trainer also understands it as: "cloth".
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 Vocabulary

取り締まる とりしまる  to manage, to control, to supervise
取締り とりしまり  control, management, supervision
戸締り とじまり  closing up, fastening the doors
締める しめる  to tie, to fasten
締め切る しめきる  to shut up
締切 しめきり  closing, cut-off, end, deadline

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