縮

縮 U+7E2E, 縮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E2E ← 縭 [U+7E2D] CJK Unified Ideographs 縯 → [U+7E2F]

縮 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女火��人日 (VFJOA), four-corner 2396₁, composition ⿰糹宿)

• 𧃴

• 缩 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 935, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27815
• Dae Jaweon: page 1374, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3448, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7E2E

trad.		縮
simp.		缩
alternative forms		𦄲

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sruɡ) : semantic 糸 (“string, thread”) + phonetic 宿 (OC *suɡs, *suɡ).

縮

1. to shrink; to shorten; to contract; to draw in; to reduce
2. to recoil
3. (literary, or in compounds) to step back; to move back
4. (literary, or in compounds) to save; to cut down
5. (dialectal Hakka) timid; cowardly

• (to shrink): 抽 (chōu), 收縮／收缩 (shōusuō)

縮

1. Only used in 縮砂密／缩砂密 (sùshāmì).

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. to shorten, to shrink, to contract, to shrivel

• Go-on: すく (suku)
• Kan-on: しゅく (shuku, Jōyō)^{←しゆく (syuku, historical)}
• Kun: ちぢく (chijiku, 縮く)、ちぢくれる (chijikureru, 縮くれる)、ちぢける (chijikeru, 縮ける)、ちぢかむ (chijikamu, 縮かむ)、ちぢかまる (chijikamaru, 縮かまる)、ちぢこまる (chijikomaru, 縮こまる)、ちぢこめる (chijikomeru, 縮こめる)、ちぢむ (chijimu, 縮む, Jōyō)、ちぢみ (chijimi, 縮み)、ちぢまる (chijimaru, 縮まる, Jōyō)、ちぢめる (chijimeru, 縮める, Jōyō)、ちぢる (chijiru, 縮る)、ちぢれる (chijireru, 縮れる, Jōyō)、ちぢれ (chijire, 縮れ)、ちぢらす (chijirasu, 縮らす, Jōyō)、ちぢらせる (chijiraseru, 縮らせる)

縮 (eum 축 (chuk))

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縮: Hán Nôm readings: súc

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