Japanese Kanji
縮shuku
shrink · contract · shrivel
Grade 6 · JLPT N1 · 17 strokes
Shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce.
縮 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 17 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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