Kanji 縮: "shrink, contract, shrivel"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 縮

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 恐きょう縮しゅく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.)
• 縮ちぢめるto shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink · to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle
• 縮ちぢまるto shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
• 縮ちぢむto shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
• 縮ちぢこまるto curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
• 収しゅう縮しゅくcontraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction
• 圧あっ縮しゅくcompression · condensing; shortening; summarizing
• 短たん縮しゅくshortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment
• 萎い縮しゅくwithering; shrivelling; shrinking · contraction; atrophy
• 凝ぎょう縮しゅくcondensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration · condensation (of a vapour or gas)
• 縮しゅく小しょうreduction; curtailment; cut; cutback
• 縮しゅくwearing armour (armor) · counter for suits of armour

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