# 拶 — greeting, second half; press close

拶 means “greeting, second half; press close”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. On'yomi: サツ (satsu). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: greeting, second half; press close
- On'yomi: サツ (satsu)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 9
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Words & language 6

## How to remember 拶

Parts: 扌 hand · 巛 river · 夕 evening

## More in the “Words & language 6” set

[乞](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/beg/) · [蔑](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/despise/) · [叱](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/scold/) · [宛](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/addressed-to/) · [拶](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/greeting-second-half/) · [喩](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/metaphor/) · [彙](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/vocabulary/) · [嘲](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/ridicule/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/greeting-second-half/. Last updated 2026-11-01.