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縮 — shrink, contract, shrivel

N1 17 strokes #909 most common

Stroke order · 17 strokes

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Readings

音 シュク
訓 ちぢむ、ちぢまる、ちぢめる、ちぢれる、ちぢらす
Meaning shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
नेपाली खुम्चनु · घटाउनु

How to remember it

糸いと र 宿しゅく — खुम्चनु/घटाउनु; 収縮しゅうしゅく = सङ्कुचन (⇔膨張)।

Parts it is built from

Learn it in a course

JLPT N1 · Day 5 Explore course →

Practice sheets

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Words using 縮

  • 収縮しゅうしゅく contraction सङ्कुचन course
  • 縮小しゅくしょう reduction घटाउनु course
  • 短縮たんしゅく shortening छोट्याउनु course
  • 縮ちぢむ to shrink खुम्चनु course
  • 圧縮あっしゅく compression सङ्कुचन/कम्प्रेस course
  • 縮図しゅくず miniature लघुचित्र course
  • 縮尺しゅくしゃく reduced scale, scaling down dictionary
  • 縮ちぢみ shrinkage, cotton crepe dictionary
  • 縮ちぢまる to shorten, to narrow, to close dictionary
  • 縮ちぢめる to shorten, to reduce, to condense dictionary

Example sentences

Muscles contract to produce force.
मांसपेशी सङ्कुचन भएर बल निस्किन्छ।
I shorten the meeting time.
बैठकको समय छोट्याउँछु।