縮 means shrink
contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
Thread at an inn: shrink.
On'yomi
- シュクshuku
Kun'yomi
- ちぢ(む)chijimu
- ちぢ(まる)chijimaru
- ちぢ(める)chijimeru
- ちぢ(れる)chijireru
- ちぢ(らす)chijirasu
How it's built
- 糸thread
- 宿
Common words
- 軍縮ぐんしゅくreduction of armaments; disarmament
- 濃縮のうしゅくconcentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment
- 縮むちぢむto shrink; to contract
- 短縮たんしゅくshortening; contraction