縮

Information about character(s)

Radical: 糸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 17
Simplified Form: 缩

Pronunciation

Pinyin: suō, sù
Cantonese: suk1
JapaneseKun: CHIJIMU CHIJIMARU NAOI
JapaneseOn: SHUKU
Korean: CHWUK

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: contract, draw in, reduce

CE-Dict: to withdraw/to pull back/to contract/to shrink/to reduce/abbreviation/also pronounced [su4]

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to shrink; to contract; to draw back

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: contract; crinkle; draw back; shrink; withdraw

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: contract; crinkle; draw back; shrink; withdraw

湘雅醫學專業詞典: mini-

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《糸部》縮亂也。从糸宿聲。一曰蹴也。

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【糸字部】縮
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤所六切，音蹜。【說文】亂也。一曰蹴也。【爾雅·釋詁】縱縮，亂也。【註】縱放掣縮，皆亂法也。【儀禮·鄕飮酒禮】磬階閒縮霤北面鼓之。【註】縮，從也。霤以東方爲從。古文縮爲蹙。【禮·檀弓】古者冠縮縫，今也衡縫。【註】縮，從也。　又【爾雅·釋器】繩之謂之縮之。【註】縮者，約束之。【詩·大雅】縮版以載。　又【儀禮·郊特牲】縮酌用茅。【註】縮，去滓也。【左傳·僖四年】無以縮酒。　又【孟子】自反而縮。【趙岐註】縮，義也。【朱子·集註】縮，直也。　又【戰國策】縮于財用則匱。【註】歉也，贏之反也。　又【釋名】齊人謂車枕以前曰縮，言局縮也。　又【玉篇】退也，止也。　又【廣韻】斂也，短也。　又姓。【戰國策】安陵人縮高。　又【韻補】叶式律切。【班固·幽通賦】神先心以定命兮，命隨行以消息。斡流遷其不濟兮，故遭罹而贏縮。
考證：〔【左傳·僖元年】無以縮酒。〕　謹照原文元年改四年。

CF-Dict: réduire/contracter/se pelotonner/se retirer

Han-De-Dict: annullieren, abziehen (u.E.)/einschrumpfen, schrumpfen (u.E.)/erkranken an, Vertrag abschließen (u.E.)/herabsetzen, ermäßigen (u.E.)/Suo (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)