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縮

JLPT N1 SL6 17 strokes Frequency: #909

Meanings

Shrink, Contract, Shrivel, Wrinkle, Reduce

Radicals

糹

Decomposition

⿰糹宿

Etymology

Pictophonetic: thread

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 17

Stroke Order

1 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

2 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

5 diagonal bottom-to-top

6 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical right-to-left

8 dot right-to-left

9 corner right-to-left

10 diagonal right-to-left

11 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

13 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

14 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

15 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

16 horizontal left-to-right

17 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シュク shuku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ちぢ chiji

Words Using This Kanji

164 words total

Other (20 words)

縮約しゅくやく

abridgment

縮めるちぢめる

to shorten

縮尺しゅくしゃく

reduced scale

伸縮自在しんしゅくじざい

elastic

伸び縮みのびちぢみ

expansion and contraction

伸縮税率しんしゅくぜいりつ

flexible tariff

伸縮法しんしゅくほう

sliding scale

伸縮性しんしゅくせい

elasticity

伸縮しんしゅく

expansion and contraction

人員縮少じんいんしゅくしょう

personnel reduction

操業短縮そうぎょうたんしゅく

curtailment of operations

短縮たんしゅく

shortening

短縮形たんしゅくけい

contraction

濃縮のうしゅく

concentration (e.g. of a solution)

縮みちぢみ

shrinkage

縮減しゅくげん

reduction

縮こまるちぢこまる

to curl oneself up

空気圧縮機くうきあっしゅくき

air compressor

防縮ぼうしゅく

shrinkproof

音声圧縮おんせいあっしゅく

voice compression

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