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Kanji Detail for 縮 - "to shrink, to reduce, to shorten"

縮

  • Meaning

    縮 means "to shrink, to reduce, to shorten."

    1. Shrink - To become smaller; to contract.

    2. Reduce - To make less; to decrease.

    3. Shorten - To make shorter; to abbreviate.

  • Words using 縮

    • 軍縮 ぐんしゅく Listen reduction of armaments; disarmament
    • 縮小 しゅくしょう Listen reduction; curtailment; cut
    • 短縮 たんしゅく Listen shortening; contraction; reduction
    • 圧縮 あっしゅく Listen compression; condensing; shortening
    • 濃縮 のうしゅく Listen concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
    • 緊縮 きんしゅく Listen tightening; shrinkage; contraction
    • 萎縮 いしゅく Listen withering; shrivelling; shrinking
    • 凝縮 ぎょうしゅく Listen condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration; condensation (of a vapour or gas)

  • Four-character idioms with 縮

    • 伸縮自在 しんしゅくじざい Listen elastic; flexible; telescoping

  • Tattoo check: 縮

    • Verified meaning: to shrink, to reduce, to shorten
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ, しゅうみ, しゅうや, そうの)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 縮

    Given names 縮(おさむ)Listen

    Surnames 縮(しゅうみ)Listen 縮(しゅうや)Listen 縮(そうの)Listen 縮(そうや)Listen 縮(ちぢみ)Listen

  • 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).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shuku(シュク) シュク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    chidi.maru(ちでぃ-まる) ちでぃ-まる

    chidi.meru(ちでぃ-める) ちでぃ-める

    chidi.mu(ちでぃ-む) ちでぃ-む

    chidi.rasu(ちでぃ-らす) ちでぃ-らす

    chidi.reru(ちでぃ-れる) ちでぃ-れる

  • Strokes

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    17 strokes

  • Radical

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    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    shrink reduce shorten rectify correct retreat recede straighten align tighten compress contract condense constrict curtail decrease diminish minimize narrow scale down trim

Sentences including 縮

  • I am sorry to have taken up your valuable time.

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