Chinese symbol for “dwindle”
收敛
shōu liǎn
Traditional: 收斂
to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dwindle is 收敛 (shōu liǎn), defined as: to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 收敛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 收入 | shōu rù | to take in; income |
| 收到 | shōu dào | to receive |
| 收集 | shōu jí | to gather; to collect |
| 收费 (收費) | shōu fèi | to charge a fee |
| 收购 (收購) | shōu gòu | to purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization); to acquire or take over (a company or equity); acq |
| 吸收 | xī shōu | to absorb; to assimilate |
| 敛财 (斂財) | liǎn cái | to accumulate wealth; to rake in money |
| 内敛 (內斂) | nèi liǎn | introverted; reserved |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dwindle”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.