縮 — shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce

Readings

On'yomi

シュク

Kun'yomi

ちぢ.むちぢ.まるちぢ.めるちぢ.れるちぢ.らす

Example words

• 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
• 恐縮きょうしゅくfeeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; being sorry; being ashamed
• 縮むちぢむto shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
• 縮まるちぢまるto shorten; to narrow; to close
• 縮めるちぢめるto shorten; to reduce; to boil down; to shrink
• 縮れるちぢれるto be wavy; to be curled