縮

shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シュク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ちぢ.まるちぢ.むちぢ.めるちぢ.らすちぢ.れる

Stroke Order

17 / 17

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:17

JLPT:N1

Frequency:909

Vocabulary

シュク

Word	Reading	Meaning
恐縮	キョウシュク	feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; being thankful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); feeling embarrassed (e.g. by someone's compliments, hospitality, etc.); shrinking back in fear
凝縮	ギョウシュク	condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration; condensation (of a vapour or gas)
緊縮	キンシュク	tightening; shrinkage; contraction; constriction; (economic) curtailment; retrenchment; austerity; cutting down (on spending)
軍縮	グンシュク	reduction of armaments; disarmament
収縮	シュウシュク	contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
圧縮	あっしゅく	compression; condensing; shortening; summarizing; compression (of data)
縮まる	ちぢまる	to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
縮む	ちぢむ	to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
縮む	ちじむ	to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
縮める	ちぢめる	to shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs); to duck (one's head)

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