縮 — shrink

Grade 6 kanji · 17 strokes · on'yomi shuku · kun'yomi chiji·mu.

Thread (糸) drawing the lodging (宿) tighter — shrinking.

Example words

• 縮む — chijimu — to shrink
• 短縮 — tanshuku — shortening

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