Kanji
N1 17 strokes Grade 6 freq #909

shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

silk ito

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

reduction of armaments; disarmament
reduction; curtailment
shortening; contraction
compression
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment
tightening; shrinkage
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration
contraction; shrinking
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful
reduced drawing; miniature copy

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to shrink; to contract
shrinkage
to shorten; to narrow
to shorten; to reduce
to be wavy; to be curled

Example sentences

A radical disarmament treaty prohibits all armaments and armed forces.

We hope to come to an accord with them about arms reduction.

A lot of companies have pared their staff down to a minimum.

The factory had to cut back its production.