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縮

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • shrink
  • contract
  • shrivel
  • wrinkle
  • reduce

On'yomi (音読み)

  • シュク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • ちぢ.む
  • ちぢ.まる
  • ちぢ.める
  • ちぢ.れる
  • ちぢ.らす
Strokes
17
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1122
School Grade
Grade 6
Radical
糸#120 · silk

Components

Common Words

  • 縮しゅくNoun
    wearing armour (armor)
  • 軍縮ぐんしゅくNoun
    reduction of armaments, disarmament
  • 縮小しゅくしょうNoun
    reduction, curtailment, cut
  • 短縮たんしゅくNoun
    shortening, contraction, reduction
  • 圧縮あっしゅくNoun
    compression
  • 濃縮のうしゅくNoun
    concentration (e.g. of a solution), enrichment, condensation
  • 緊縮きんしゅくNoun
    tightening, shrinkage, contraction
  • 委縮いしゅくNoun
    withering, shrivelling, shrinking

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