縮 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
道5Elementary year 6 ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
- On
- シュク
- Kun
- ちぢ(む)・ちぢ(める)
- Meaning
- to shrink; contract; reduce
Origin
糸 "thread" plus 宿 "to settle in"; thread drawing tight and shortening — hence "to shrink."
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| シュク | 縮小・縮図・短縮 |
|---|---|
| ちぢむ | 縮む・伸び縮み |
| ちぢまる | 縮まる |
| ちぢめる | 縮める |
| ちぢれる | 縮れる・縮れ毛 |
| ちぢらす | 縮らす |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 短縮たんしゅく
shortening; reduction
- 縮小しゅくしょう
reduction; scaling down
Example
洗ったらセーターが縮んだ。
The sweater shrank when I washed it.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)