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shrink
Stroke count: 17

Readings

On readingシュク
Kun readingちぢ.む、ちぢ.まる、ちぢ.める、ちぢ.れる、ちぢ.らす
JōyōGrade 6
  1. to shrink
  2. to contract
  3. to diminish (in size)

Popular Usage

圧縮恐縮縮小

Radicals and components

Radical糸silkComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · inn · house · person (人) · hundred · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · white (白) · dove

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1434

Compound words

圧縮あっしゅく
compression; condensing; shortening; summarizing; compression (of data)
恐縮きょうしゅく
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; being thankful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error)
縮小しゅくしょう
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down
凝縮ぎょうしゅく
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration; condensation (of a vapour or gas)
緊縮きんしゅく
tightening; shrinkage; contraction; constriction; (economic) curtailment
軍縮ぐんしゅく
reduction of armaments; disarmament
収縮しゅうしゅく
contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation
縮むちぢむ
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
縮尺しゅくしゃく
reduced scale; scaling down
縮図しゅくず
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
伸縮しんしゅく
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
短縮たんしゅく
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
濃縮のうしゅく
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
萎縮いしゅく
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
縮みちぢみ
shrinkage; cotton crepe
縮まるちぢまる
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
縮めるちぢめる
to shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink; to crumple (fabric)
縮れるちぢれる
to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled

Stroke Order

17 strokes

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