Kanji

Level: N1 Strokes: 17

縮

Meaning in English

shrink, contract, shrivel

Readings

Onyomi: シュク Kunyomi: ちぢ.む, ちぢ.まる, ちぢ.める, ちぢ.れる, ちぢ.らす Romaji: shuku / chiji.mu, chiji.maru, chiji.meru, chiji.reru, chiji.rasu

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Animated kanji stroke order

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Translations in other languages:

Portuguese encolher, contrair, murchar

Spanish encogerse, contraerse, arrugarse

Korean 줄어들다, 수축하다, 시들다

French rétrécir, se contracter, se ratatiner

Italian restringersi, contrarsi, avvizzire

German schrumpfen, sich zusammenziehen, verkümmern

Indonesian menyusut, mengerut, mengerut

★ Vietnamese co lại, teo tóp, teo tóp

Thai หดตัว หดลง

Kanji

Related kanji

N1 繭 ken / mayu, kinu cocoon, cocon, capullo N1 緻 chi / komaka.i fine (i.e. not coarse) N2 線 sen / suji line, track, ligne N1 縄 jou / nawa, tada.su straw rope, cord, corde N1 緊 kin / shi.meru, shi.maru tense, solid, hard N1 締 tei / shi.maru, shi.mari, shi.meru, -shi.me, -ji.me tighten, tie, shut N2 編 hen / a.mu, -a.mi compilation, knit, plait N1 繰 sou / ku.ru winding, reel, spin N1 緩 kan / yuru.i, yuru.yaka, yuru.mu, yuru.meru slacken, loosen, relax

Word

Words with this kanji

N1 短縮 tanshuku shortening, abbreviation, reduction N1 縮まる chijimaru to be shortened, to be contracted, to shrink N2 圧縮 asshuku compression, condensation, pressure N2 恐縮 kyoushuku sorry to trouble N2 縮小 shukushou reduction, curtailment N2 縮む chijimu to shrink, to be contracted N2 縮める chijimeru to shorten, to reduce, to shrink N2 縮れる chijireru to be wavy, to be curled