縮

縮 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女火十人日 (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

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).

(grade 6 “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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