Onyomi: シュク · Kunyomi: ちぢ.まる, ちぢ.む, ちぢ.める, ちぢ.らす, ちぢ.れる · Meanings: contract, reduce, shrink, shrivel, wrinkle
Kanji for contract, reduce, shrink, shrivel, wrinkle
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 縮 | しゅく | wearing armour (armor) | Noun |
| 縮小 | しゅくしょう | reduction, curtailment, cut, cutback, scaling down, contraction, shrinkage | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 縮む | ちぢむ | to shrink, to contract, to diminish (in size) | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 縮れる | ちぢれる | to be wavy, to be curled, to be frizzled | common JLPT-N2 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 縮尺 | しゅくしゃく | reduced scale, scaling down | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 縮める | ちぢめる | to shorten, to reduce, to condense, to shrink | common JLPT-N2 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 縮まる | ちぢまる | to shorten, to narrow, to close, to shrink | common JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 縮み | ちぢみ | shrinkage | common Noun |
| 縮図 | しゅくず | reduced drawing, miniature copy | Noun |
| 縮刷版 | しゅくさつばん | reduced-size edition (esp. of an unabridged compilation of a newspaper), compact edition | Noun |