EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    withering; shrivelling; shrinking

  2. contraction; atrophy

    Medicine

Also written 委縮【いしゅく】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

wither, droop, lame

Kun
な、しお.れる、しな.びる、しぼ.む、な.える
On
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
Radical
grass

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
2-3-8, 2-4-8SKIP code
3k8.18The Kanji Dictionary
4440.4Four corner code
840eUnicode hex code
1-16-64JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3973Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5087New Nelson (John Haig)
2478New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1996Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2355Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
986Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
31269XMorohashi
2082Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
wei1, wei3Pinyin reading
wiKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce

Kun
ちぢ.む、ちぢ.まる、ちぢ.める、ちぢ.れる、ちぢ.らす
On
シュク
Strokes
17
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
909 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 34

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-6-11SKIP code
6a11.9The Kanji Dictionary
2396.1Four corner code
2778deroo
7e2eUnicode hex code
1-29-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3608Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4585New Nelson (John Haig)
1414New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1790Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
955Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1290Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1336Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1434Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
924A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2813Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1142Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27815Morohashi
893A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1110Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1162Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1646Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
904henshall3
999Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
884Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1558Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1348Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
suo1, su4Pinyin reading
chugKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
34WaniKani level