This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: シュク、ちぢ.む、ちぢ.まる、ちぢ.める、ちぢ.れる、ちぢ.らす
Romaji: shuku, chiji.mu, chiji.maru, chiji.meru, chiji.reru, chiji.rasu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  120
Frequency:  909
Grade:  6
Skip Pattern:  1-6-11
Korean Reading:  chug
Chinese Reading:  su4
Unicode:  7e2e
JIS:  3D4C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1414
Nelson Index: 3608
New Nelson Index: 4585
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6a11.9
Four Corner Index: 2396.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 893
Gakken Index: 924
Japanese Names Index: 2813
Daikanwanjiten Index: 27815
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.1152
Remembering the kanji Index: 1336
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1646
Kodansha Compact Index: 1558
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 904
Kanji in Context Index: 884
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 955
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1290
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1348
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1434
Essential Kanji Index: 1142
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1790
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2778
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 999

Words

(しゅく)
wearing armour (armor); counter for suits of armour
圧縮 (あっしゅく)
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
収縮 (しゅうしゅく)
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
濃縮 (のうしゅく)
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
縮める (ちぢめる)
to shorten; to reduce; to boil down; to shrink
短縮 (たんしゅく)
shortening; abbreviation; reduction
縮小 (しゅくしょう)
reduction; curtailment
軍縮 (ぐんしゅく)
disarmament; limitation of arms
伸縮 (しんしゅく)
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
縮刷 (しゅくさつ)
pocket edition; small-type edition
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