縮 (suō)
to shrink; to contract; to withdraw
How 縮 is written
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 糹 — silk
- Traditional
- 縮
- Simplified
- 缩
Common words using 縮
- 壓縮 yāsuō
- to compress; compression
- 收縮 shōusuō
- to pull back; to shrink; to contract
- 濃縮 nóngsuō
- to concentrate (a liquid); concentration; espresso coffee
- 縮小 suōxiǎo
- to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
- 縮水 suōshuǐ
- to shrink (in the wash); fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
- 縮短 suōduǎn
- to curtail; to cut down
- 萎縮 wěisuō
- to wither; to dry up (of a plant); to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
- 蜷縮 quánsuō
- to curl up; to huddle; to cower
- 退縮 tuìsuō
- to shrink back; to cower
- 伸縮 shēnsuō
- to lengthen and shorten; flexible; adjustable
- 壓縮機 yāsuōjī
- compactor; compressor
- 宮縮 gōngsuō
- contraction of the uterus (during childbirth)
縮 in a sentence
這件毛衣洗了以後縮水了。
Zhè jiàn máoyī xǐ le yǐhòu suōshuǐ le.
“This sweater shrank after being washed.”
How common is 縮?
縮 is the 1,302nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 92.9% of all running text.
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