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==Japanese==
{{wikipedia|lang=ja}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{q|uncommon}} {{ja-l|乄}}

===Glyph origin===
{{ja-etym-kokuji}}. From {{m|ja|占める|tr=shimeru}}, as cursive form of top component ト (also [[〆]]). Then applied to other kanji of the same pronunciation, namely 締め, 閉め, 絞め, and 搾め, all pronounced しめ ''shime.'' Sense of “closed, fastened” is due to {{m|ja|閉める||to close|tr=shimeru}} and {{m|ja|締める||to fasten|tr=shimeru}}.

===Kanji===
{{ja-pos|symbol|しめ}}

# "letter closed" character (from 閉める, ''close'')
# [[sum]] (from 〆高, [[締高]], ''sum'')
# [[measurement]] of [[paper]]
# [[bundle]] (from [[締める]], ''fasten'')

====Usage notes====
{{m-self|ja|〆}} is primarily used as an abbreviation for {{ja-r|締め|しめ}}, most commonly in {{ja-r|〆%切|しめ%きり}}, as an abbreviation for {{ja-r|締%切|しめ%きり|deadline; locked (door)}}; also {{ja-r|締める|しめる}} as {{ja-r|〆る|しめる}} and {{ja-r|締%高|シメ%ダカ}} as {{ja-r|〆%高|シメ%ダカ}}. It is also sometimes used for {{ja-r|閉め|しめ|closed envelope}}. Even more rarely, it is used to abbreviate other kanji, including {{ja-r|絞め|しめ}}, {{ja-r|占め|しめ}}, and {{ja-r|搾め|しめ}}, as in {{ja-r|〆%粕|しめ%かす}} for {{ja-r|搾め糟|しめかす}}) There is also occasional use of {{m|ja|乄}}, as in {{ja-r|乄%高|シメ%ダカ}}.

====Descendants====
* {{desc|zh|𡆢}}

===See also===
{{list:Japanese scribal abbreviations/ja}}