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紧急

jǐn jí

urgent; emergency

Stroke order of 紧急

2 characters, 19 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

紧 · 10 strokes急 · 9 strokes

Memory trick

A tight 紧 thread plus a heart 心 racing 急 means urgent.

Parts: 紧 tight (臤 + 糸 silk); 急: 刍 + 心 heart

The characters in 紧急

  • 紧 jǐn — tight (10 strokes)
  • 急 jí — anxious; urgent (9 strokes)

Example sentence

这是一个紧急电话。

This is an urgent phone call.

Words with 紧

赶紧hurriedly; quickly紧张nervous; tense紧tight

Words with 急

急anxious; urgent着急anxious; worried

More words: Problems & Solutions

调查to investigate; survey错误mistake; wrong事故accident事件incident; event意外accident; unexpected危险danger; dangerous风险risk解决to solve处理to handle; to deal with克服to overcome防to guard against防止to prevent预防to prevent保护to protect破坏to destroy; damage

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