Japanese symbol for “shortening”
短縮
たんしゅく
Romaji: tanshuku
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment
In Japanese, shortening is 短縮, read たんしゅく (tanshuku).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n, vs, vt shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “shortening”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 約 | やく yaku | shortening; reduction; simplification |
| 圧縮 | あっしゅく asshuku | condensing; shortening; summarizing |
| 省略 | しょうりゃく shouryaku | abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement |
| ショートニング | ショートニング shootoningu | shortening |
| 裾上げ | すそあげ susoage | raising a hem; taking up a hem; hemming (up) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 短期 | たんき tanki | short-term |
| 短い | みじかい mijikai | short |
| 短歌 | たんか tanka | tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem |
| 短大 | たんだい tandai | junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs |
| 短期間 | たんきかん tankikan | short term; short time |
| 縮小 | しゅくしょう shukushou | reduction; curtailment; cut |
| 圧縮 | あっしゅく asshuku | compression |
| 濃縮 | のうしゅく noushuku | concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation |
See also: Chinese symbol for “shortening”.
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