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Kanji Detail for 縮 - "to shrink, to reduce, to shorten"
縮
- Meaning
縮 means "to shrink, to reduce, to shorten."
Shrink - To become smaller; to contract.
Reduce - To make less; to decrease.
Shorten - To make shorter; to abbreviate.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
shrink; contract; shrivel; wrinkle; reduce
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
contract, draw in, reduce
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce; abbreviation; also pr. [su4]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Straight. (Mencius) "If on self-reflection I am straight." | Straining wine to remove dregs is called 縮. Such as 縮酒. Meaning filtering wine. | Deficient. Such as 贏縮 (profit and loss). | To retreat. To stop. Such as 退縮. | To contract. Such as 縮小 (shrink), 縮短 (shorten).
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Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
私はむしろ先生の態度に畏縮して、先へ進む気が起らなかったのである。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
学校を卒業するのを普通の人間として当然のように考えていた私は、それを予期以上に喜んでくれる父の前に恐縮した。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
一体君は君の平生の主張をどうするつもりなのか」私がこういった時、背の高い彼は自然と私の前に萎縮して小さくなるような感じがしました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
一体君は君の平生の主張をどうするつもりなのか」私がこういった時、背の高い彼は自然と私の前に萎縮して小さくなるような感じがしました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha