漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
縮: shrink, contract
Also: shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
JLPT N117 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
糸 carries the meaning · 宿 gives the sound
17 strokes
Five readings, and the words that use each
シュクshuku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 縮尺しゅくしゃくreduced scale
- 軍縮ぐんしゅくarmament reduction
- 縮小するしゅくしょうするreduce, curtail
- 収縮するしゅうしゅくするdeflate, contract, shrink
- 伸縮するしんしゅくするexpand and contract
- 短縮するたんしゅくするshorten, abbreviate
- 濃縮するのうしゅくするconcentrate ( solution)
- 恐縮するきょうしゅくするfeel obliged, feel indebted
ちぢむchijimu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 縮むちぢむshrink, contract [v.i.]
ちぢめるchijimeru · kun'yomi
- 縮めるちぢめるshrink, contract, shorten [v.t.]
ちぢれるchijireru · kun'yomi
- 縮れるちぢれるbe wavy, be curled [v.i.]
ちぢらすchijirasu · kun'yomi
- 縮らすちぢらすcurl, crimp [v.t.]
Also read ちぢまる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read シュク
6 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 缩 · traditional, as in Japanese · suō
Japan keeps the traditional form 縮; mainland China simplifies it to 缩.
- Simplified
- 缩 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 縮 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin suō most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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