Kanji 縮
17 strokes
Meaning
shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
- On'yomi
- シュク
- Kun'yomi
- ちぢむちぢまるちぢめるちぢれるちぢらす
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 糸 silk (120)
- JLPT
- N1
- School grade
- Grade 6
- Kanken
- 5級
- Frequency
- #909 / 2500
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
Words with 縮
- N2
圧縮
あっしゅく
compression, condensation, pressure
- N2
恐縮
きょうしゅく
sorry to trouble
- N2
縮小
しゅくしょう
reduction, curtailment
- N2
縮む
ちぢむ
to shrink, to be contracted
- N2
縮める
ちぢめる
to shorten, to reduce, to shrink
- N2
縮れる
ちぢれる
to be wavy, to be curled
- N1
短縮
たんしゅく
shortening, abbreviation, reduction
- N1
縮まる
ちぢまる
to be shortened, to be contracted, to shrink
Example sentences
恐縮だが、残業してもらわないと。
I'm afraid you have to work overtime.
命が縮む思いをした。
I felt as if my life had been shortened.
その橋のおかげで、私達は大いに時間が短縮できた。
The bridge saved us a lot of time.
Other kanji with radical “silk” 糸
- 経sutra
- 約promise
- 統overall
- 総general
- 続continue
- 結tie
- 組association
- 終end
- 線line
- 細dainty
- 紙paper
- 系lineage
- 編compilation
- 織weave
- 給salary
- 維fiber
- 素elementary
- 緊tense
- 継inherit
- 紀chronicle
- 絶discontinue
- 級class
- 練practice
- 締tighten
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