Readings

Kana: ショウ、すく.む、おそ.れる、つつし.む
Romaji: shō, suku.mu, oso.reru, tsutsushi.mu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

crouch, cower

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  117
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-5-7
Korean Reading:  song
Chinese Reading:  song3
Unicode:  7ae6
JIS:  6370

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3355
New Nelson Index: 4237
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5b7.1
Four Corner Index: 0519.6
Japanese Names Index: 1632
Daikanwanjiten Index: 25776
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0718

Words

肩をすくめる (かたをすくめる)
to shrug one's shoulders
射竦める (いすくめる)
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
立ち竦む (たちすくむ)
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
竦める (すくめる)
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
悚然 (しょうぜん)
terrified; horrified
三すくみ (さんすくみ)
three-way deadlock
抱きすくめる (だきすくめる)
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
竦む (すくむ)
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
足がすくむ (あしがすくむ)
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
竦み上がる (すくみあがる)
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
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