Kanji: 縮

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N1 (most advanced level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 5 (completion of 6th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 6th grade in Japan
Radical:	糸 Radical name: いと
Meaning:	Shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
Usage:	Appears regularly in Japanese newspapers, but about 900 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N2	圧縮(あっしゅく)	compression, condensation, pressure
N2	恐縮(きょうしゅく)	shame, very kind of you, sorry to trouble
N2	縮小(しゅくしょう)	reduction, curtailment
N2	縮(ちぢ)む	to shrink, to be contracted
N2	縮(ちぢ)める	to shorten, to reduce, to boil down, to shrink
N2	縮(ちぢ)れる	to be wavy, to be curled
N1	短縮(たんしゅく)	shortening, abbreviation, reduction
N1	縮(ちぢ)まる	to be shortened, to be contracted, to shrink