縮 — kanji meaning “shrink”
縮
shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
- Meanings
- shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
- On'yomi
- シュク (shuku)
- Kun'yomi
- ちぢ.む、ちぢ.まる、ちぢ.める、ちぢ.れる、ちぢ.らす
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #909 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 120
- Chinese reading
- suō, sù — Chinese character page
Words with 縮
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 縮小 | しゅくしょう shukushou | reduction; curtailment; cut |
| 短縮 | たんしゅく tanshuku | shortening; contraction; reduction |
| 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 |
| 萎縮 | いしゅく ishuku | withering; shrivelling; shrinking |
| 恐縮 | きょうしゅく kyoushuku | feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; being thankful |
| 軍縮 | ぐんしゅく gunshuku | reduction of armaments; disarmament |
| 伸縮 | しんしゅく shinshuku | expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility |
| 縮む | ちぢむ chijimu | to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size) |
| 凝縮 | ぎょうしゅく gyoushuku | condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration |
| 縮図 | しゅくず shukuzu | reduced drawing; miniature copy |
| 収縮 | しゅうしゅく shuushuku | contraction; shrinking; shrinkage |
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