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縮

縮 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （他動詞）ちぢめる。短くする。
  2. （自動詞）ちぢまる。ちぢむ。短くなる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「糸」+音符「宿」。｛縮｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シュクElem.
Kun (native)
  • ちぢ(む)Elem.
  • ちぢ(まる)Elem.
  • ちぢ(める)Elem.
  • ちぢ(れる)Elem.
  • ちぢ(らす)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音suo1
  • 拼音su4
  • 한글chug
  • Hán-ViệtSúc

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7E2E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸宿

Words using this kanji

  • 縮小しゅくしょう小さくすること。reduction, curtailment, cut, cutback
  • 縮図しゅくずあるものを一定の割合で縮小した図。 実際のありさまを規模を縮小して表したような状態。reduced drawing, miniature copy, microcosm, microcosmos
  • 縮むちぢむちぢむ 参照to shrink, to contract, to diminish (in size)
  • 縮みちぢみshrinkage, cotton crepe
  • 縮尺しゅくしゃく地図で、長さを実際より縮めた割合。reduced scale, scaling down
  • 縮まるちぢまる「ちぢまる」の漢字表記。to shorten, to narrow, to close, to shrink
  • 縮めるちぢめるto shorten, to reduce, to condense, to shrink
  • 縮れるちぢれるto be wavy, to be curled, to be frizzled
  • 縮減しゅくげんreduction, diminishment, contraction
  • 縮刷版しゅくさつばんreduced-size edition (esp. of an unabridged compilation of a newspaper), compact edition
  • 縮しゅくwearing armour (armor), counter for suits of armour
  • 縮刷しゅくさつreduced-size printing, printing in a compact format
  • 縮緬ちりめん「ちりめん」参照。(silk) crepe, crape
  • 縮約しゅくやく規模を縮小し、内容を簡単にすること。縮めて短くすること。そのようにしたもの。abridgment, abridgement, condensation, contraction
  • 縮写しゅくしゃ元の大きさより縮小して写すこと。reduced copy, reproduction in miniature
  • 縮絨しゅくじゅう毛織物の仕上げとして石鹼の溶液やアルカリ溶液を含ませ、圧力や摩擦を加えて収縮させ、繊維間の組織を緻密にすること。fulling (cloth), milling
  • 縮退しゅくたいdegeneracy, degeneration, degradation (CPU, memory, etc.)
  • 縮瞳しゅくどう瞳孔が閉じること。その状態。miosis, myosis
  • 縮毛しゅくもう縮れた毛。真っ直ぐでなく、細かく曲がりくねった毛。frizzled hair, curly hair
  • 縮重しゅくじゅう（数学）線形代数において、固有値を同一とする複数の固有ベクトルが存在すること。degeneracy

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Lookup codes

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2396.1
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1434
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3608