縮
shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
Grade Level
Grade 6
Stroke Count
17 strokes
Radical
糸部
On'yomi (Chinese Reading)
シュク
Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)
ちぢむ, ちぢまる, ちぢめる, ちぢれる, ちぢらす
Nanori (Name Reading)
おさむ, なお
Common Readings
シュク, ちぢ…まる, ちぢ…む, ちぢ…める, ちぢ…らす, ちぢ…れる
Example Vocabulary
恐縮
きょうしゅく
humbled, much obliged
縮める
ちぢめる
to shorten, to reduce
縮こまる
ちぢこまる
to curl up, to shrink back
縮まる
ちぢまる
to shrink, to become shorter
縮む
ちぢむ
to shrink, to contract
圧縮
あっしゅく
compression, condensation
収縮
しゅうしゅく
contraction, shrinkage
凝縮
ぎょうしゅく
萎縮
いしゅく
atrophy, shrinkage, withering
短縮
たんしゅく
shortening, reduction, abbreviation
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