縮 – shrink, contract, shrivel

17 strokesTaught in grade 6#909 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 縮 means shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュク (shuku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ちぢ.む、ちぢ.まる、ちぢ.める、ちぢ.れる、ちぢ.らす (chijimu, chijimaru, chijimeru, chijireru, chijirasu). It is written with 17 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュク	shuku
Kun’yomi	ちぢ.む	chijimu
Kun’yomi	ちぢ.まる	chijimaru
Kun’yomi	ちぢ.める	chijimeru
Kun’yomi	ちぢ.れる	chijireru
Kun’yomi	ちぢ.らす	chijirasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 化・糸・幺・小・白・宀.

Words using 縮

圧縮あっしゅくcompression恐縮きょうしゅくfeeling (much) obliged縮小しゅくしょうreduction縮むちぢむto shrink縮めるちぢめるto shorten縮れるちぢれるto be wavy短縮たんしゅくshortening縮まるちぢまるto shorten

Example sentences

その気体は圧縮されてボンベに詰め込まれた。

The gas was compressed into a gas cylinder.

Tatoeba #211522

圧縮したファイルを添付で送ってください。

Send it to me as a compressed file.

Tatoeba #191347

恐縮ですが、２月２７日の約束をキャンセルさせてください。

I am very sorry, but I must cancel our appointment for February 27.

Tatoeba #180380

Kanji with the same radical

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