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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

909 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce

Kunyomi: ちぢ.む, ちぢ.まる, ちぢ.める, ちぢ.れる, ちぢ.らす

Onyomi: シュク

Composition: 糸 宿

縮

Radical

Radical: 糸

Reading: いとへん

Meaning: silk

Strokes: 6

Reading: いとへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

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

縮む(ちぢむ)   shrink, contract [v.i.]

縮める(ちぢめる)   shrink, contract, shorten [v.t.]

縮らす(ちぢらす)   curl, crimp [v.t.]

縮れる(ちぢれる)   be wavy, be curled [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

縮 (シュク) wearing armour (armor), counter for suits of armour

縮小 (シュクショウ) reduction, curtailment, cut, cutback, scaling down, contraction, shrinkage

凝縮 (ギョウシュク) condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.), condensation (of a vapour or gas)

濃縮 (ノウシュク) concentration (e.g. of a solution), enrichment, condensation

Kunyomi Examples

縮む (ちぢむ) to shrink, to contract, to diminish (in size)

縮まる (ちぢまる) to shorten, to narrow, to close, to shrink

縮める (ちぢめる) to shorten, to reduce, to condense, to shrink, to crumple (fabric), to wrinkle, to make (one's body) smaller, to draw in (one's legs), to duck (one's head)

縮れる (ちぢれる) to be wavy, to be curled, to be frizzled

縮らす (ちぢらす) to curl, to crimp

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