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Kanji: 縮

KANJI
17 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
ちぢ
ちぢまる
ちぢめる
ちぢれる
ちぢらす
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シュク
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JLPT Level:
JLPT N1 (most advanced level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 5 (completion of 6th grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 6th grade in Japan
Radical:
Radical name:
いと
Meaning:
Shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
Usage:
Appears regularly in Japanese newspapers, but about 900 kanji are used more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N2
(あっしゅく)
compression, condensation, pressure
N2
(きょうしゅく)
shame, very kind of you, sorry to trouble
N2
(しゅくしょう)
reduction, curtailment
N2
(ちぢ)
to shrink, to be contracted
N2
(ちぢ)める
to shorten, to reduce, to boil down, to shrink
N2
(ちぢ)れる
to be wavy, to be curled
N1
(たんしゅく)
shortening, abbreviation, reduction
N1
(ちぢ)まる
to be shortened, to be contracted, to shrink
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