KanjiN1Grade 6 · 小617 strokesRadical 糸

縮 · shrink, contract

縮 is a kanji meaning shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle. It has 17 strokes and is on the JLPT N1 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

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In 第14巻 JLPT N1, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 縮
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
圧縮あっしゅく	あっしゅく	compression, condensation, pressure	N2
恐縮きょうしゅく	きょうしゅく	sorry to trouble	N2
縮小しゅくしょう	しゅくしょう	reduction, curtailment	N2
縮むちぢむ	ちぢむ	to shrink, to be contracted	N2
縮めるちぢめる	ちぢめる	to shorten, to reduce, to shrink	N2
縮れるちぢれる	ちぢれる	to be wavy, to be curled	N2

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More words that use 縮
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
短縮たんしゅく	たんしゅく	shortening, abbreviation, reduction	N1
縮まるちぢまる	ちぢまる	to be shortened, to be contracted, to shrink	N1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

17 strokes