Memory phrase for the character: 缩

缩

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Meaning

shrink, to withdraw, pull back, abbreviation

Pronunciation

 suō

Explanation

 Left: thread 纟/糸, right: lodge/hostel 宿 (Under the roof 宀 persons 人 in the hundreds 百 in the lodge.)

Mnemonic
 
The threads (of bed linen) in the hostel will (after washing) shrink.

Radicals

糸 threadIt has in its upper part the radical "short thread" 幺.
宀 roof
百 hundredTilt your head to the right and read a "1" with two zeros 日 = 100
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 Vocabulary

缩小 suō xiǎo  to reduce; to decrease
铀浓缩 yóu nóng suō  uranium enrichment
高浓缩铀 gāo nóng suō yóu  highly enriched uranium (HEU)
萎缩 wěi suō  to wither; to dry up (of a plant); to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
裘馨氏肌肉萎缩症 qiú xīn shì jī ròu wēi suō zhèng  Duchenne muscular dystrophy
畏缩 wèi suō  to cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil
缩短 suō duǎn  to curtail; to cut down
压缩机 yā suō jī  compactor; compressor
压缩 yā suō  to compress; compression
收缩 shōu suō  to pull back; to shrink; to contract
蜷缩 quán suō  to curl up; to huddle; to cower; cringing
蜷缩 quán suō  

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