Hanja Analyzer
縮

縮 — chuk

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
줄일 축
Romanization
chuk
English
contract, draw in, reduce
Mandarin
suō
Japanese on'yomi
シュク
Japanese kun'yomi
ちぢ.む ちぢ.まる ちぢ.める ちぢ.れる ちぢ.らす
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#909 of 2,500
Strokes
17
Radical
糸 (120, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
宿
Unicode
U+7E2E

Parts that make up 縮

  • 糸 실 사, 가는실 멱 꼬아 놓은 실타래실·천·끈, 그리고 잇고 매는 일
  • 宿 잘 숙, 별자리 수sound

How 縮 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 縮 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 糸, 宿.

Korean example words with 縮

  • 축비縮比 Korean gloss: 축소하거나 축소된 비율
  • 군축軍縮 Korean gloss: ‘군비 축소’를 줄여 이르는 말
  • 위축萎縮 Korean gloss: 어떤 힘에 눌려 졸아들고 기를 펴지 못함
  • 흠축欠縮 Korean gloss: 일정한 수효에서 부족함이 생김. 또는 그런 부족
  • 축경縮景 Korean gloss: 수석이나 석가산 또는 분재 따위의 형식으로 자연 경치를 축소하여 꾸민 것
  • 축도縮圖 Korean gloss: 어떤 것의 내용이나 속성을 작은 규모로 유사하게 지니고 있는 것을 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 감축하다減縮 Korean gloss: 덜어서 줄이다
  • 퇴축하다退縮 Korean gloss: 움츠리고 물러나다
  • 수축되다收縮 Korean gloss: 부피나 규모가 줄어들다
  • 외축하다畏縮 Korean gloss: 두려워서 몸을 움츠리다
  • 단축하다短縮 Korean gloss: 시간이나 거리 따위를 짧게 줄이다
  • 축소하다縮小 Korean gloss: 모양이나 규모 따위를 줄여서 작게 하다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 縮

  • 軍縮ぐんしゅく reduction of armaments; disarmament
  • 縮小しゅくしょう reduction; curtailment; cut
  • 短縮たんしゅく shortening; contraction; reduction
  • 圧縮あっしゅく compression; condensing; shortening
  • 濃縮のうしゅく concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
  • 緊縮きんしゅく tightening; shrinkage; contraction
  • 凝縮ぎょうしゅく condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration; condensation (of a vapour or gas)
  • 収縮しゅうしゅく contraction; shrinking; shrinkage
  • 恐縮きょうしゅく feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; being thankful
  • 縮図しゅくず reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm
  • 縮むちぢむ to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
  • 縮みちぢみ shrinkage; cotton crepe

Characters sharing the phonetic 宿

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “축”

Other hanja with radical 糸

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