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Kanji 縮: meaning "shrink, reduce", readings, stroke order

The kanji 縮 means "shrink, reduce". On'yomi: シュク; kun'yomi: ちぢむ、ちぢまる、ちぢめる、ちぢれる、ちぢらす. JLPT N2 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
shrink, reduce
On'yomi
シュク
Kun'yomi
ちぢむちぢまるちぢめるちぢれるちぢらす
Strokes
17
Level
JLPT N2
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 縮

  • 圧縮 あっしゅく — compression, condensation, pressure
  • 恐縮 きょうしゅく — sorry to trouble
  • 縮小 しゅくしょう — reduction, curtailment
  • 縮む ちぢむ — to shrink, to be contracted
  • 縮める ちぢめる — to shorten, to reduce, to shrink
  • 縮れる ちぢれる — to be wavy, to be curled
  • 短縮 たんしゅく — shortening, abbreviation, reduction
  • 縮まる ちぢまる — to be shortened, to be contracted, to shrink

Stroke order · 17 strokes

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Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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