Kanji

Level: N1 Strokes: 17

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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

Stroke order

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 縁 en, -nen / fuchi, fuchi.doru, yukari, yosuga, heri, enishi affinity, relation, connection N2 総 sou / su.bete, sube.te, fusa general, whole, all N2 練 ren / ne.ru, ne.ri practice, gloss, train N1 維 i fiber, tie, rope N3 緒 sho, cho / o, itoguchi thong, beginning, inception N1 綱 kou / tsuna hawser, class (genus), rope N1 網 mou / ami netting, network, filet N1 綾 rin / aya design, figured cloth, twill N2 緑 ryoku, roku / midori green, vert, verde

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