# 縮 — Shrink

Frequency rank 945 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 標 (Signpost), less common than 徴 (Indication).

- On’yomi: しゅく
- Kun’yomi: ちぢ
- Radical: 糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

Thread on the left is pulled into a cottage on the right -- thread crammed into a tiny cottage shrinks the fabric to fit inside the small space.

In words:

- 縮む ちぢむ — to shrink,to be contracted
- 縮れる ちぢれる — to be wavy,to be curled
- 縮める ちぢめる — to shorten,to reduce,to boil down,to shrink

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