Memory phrase for the character: 縮

縮

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Meaning

shrink, reduce, shorten

Pronunciation

SHUKU
chijimu/meru

Explanation

 Left: thread 糸, right: accommodation/lodge 宿 (Below a roof 宀 with persons 人 in hundreds 百) [百 = Tilt your head to the right and you will see a 'one' with two zeros = 100]

Mnemonic
 
(The laundry was washed too hot:) The threads in the lodge have been shrunk.

Radicals

糸 thread
宀 ceilingRadical: ukanmuri
百 hundredTilt your head to the right and read a "1" with two zeros 日 = 100.




 Vocabulary

萎縮 いしゅく  shrinking, withering
縮小 しゅくしょう  reduction, curtailment
圧縮 あっしゅく  compression, condensation, pressure
恐縮 きょうしゅく  shame, very kind of you, sorry to trouble
短縮 たんしゅく  shortening, abbreviation, reduction
縮まる ちぢまる  to be shortened, to be contracted, to shrink
縮む ちぢむ  to shrink, to be contracted
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

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