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縮 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「糸」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
On
シュクしゅく · shuku
Kun
ちぢ(む)・ちぢ(める)chiji(mu) · chiji(meru)
Meaning
to shrink; contract; reduce

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

糸 "thread" plus 宿 "to settle in"; thread drawing tight and shortening — hence "to shrink."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシュクしゅくshuku縮小しゅくしょう縮図しゅくず短縮たんしゅく
Kunちぢむchijimu縮むちぢむ伸び縮みのびちぢみ
Kunちぢまるchijimaru縮まるちぢまる
Kunちぢめるchijimeru縮めるちぢめる
Kunちぢれるchijireru縮れるちぢれる縮れ毛ちぢれげ
Kunちぢらすchijirasu縮らすちぢらす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 短縮たんしゅく

    shortening; reduction

  • 縮小しゅくしょう

    reduction; scaling down

More words with this kanji

  • 恐縮きょうしゅく
  • 萎縮いしゅく
  • 縮緬ちりめん
  • 筋萎縮きんいしゅく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

洗(あら)ったらセーターが縮(ちぢ)んだ。

The sweater shrank when I washed it.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 糸Map of reading シュクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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