Kanji Details:
- 縮
- Frequency:909
- Kun: ちぢ.む, ちぢ.まる, ちぢ.める, ちぢ.れる, ちぢ.らす
- On: シュク
- Meaning: shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 軍縮 ぐんしゅく disarmament, limitation of arms 縮小 しゅくしょう reduction, curtailment 短縮 たんしゅく shortening, abbreviation, reduction 圧縮 あっしゅく compression, condensation, constriction, compaction 濃縮 のうしゅく concentrated 緊縮 きんしゅく shrinkage, contraction, economy, retrenchment 委縮 いしゅく withering, atrophy, contraction, dwarf 凝縮 ぎょうしゅく condensation 収縮 しゅうしゅく deflation, contraction, shrinking, constriction 恐縮 きょうしゅく shame, very kind of you, sorry to trouble