缩 suō

缩 (suō) is a Chinese character with 14 strokes, taught at HSK level 4. This page gives its meaning, the words it appears in, and characters at the same level.

Meaning

缩 means to shrink; to contract in English.

Meanings in 13 languages

English	to shrink; to contract
Spanish	encoger; contraer
Portuguese	encolher; contrair
French	rétrécir; contracter
German	schrumpfen; zusammenziehen
Italian	restringere; contrarre
Russian	сжимать; сокращать
Arabic	ينكمش; يتقلص
Hindi	सिकुड़ना; संकुचित
Indonesian	menyusut; mengerut
Vietnamese	co; thu
Japanese	縮む; 縮小
Korean	줄다; 축소

Stroke order

Stroke-order animation for this character: open the writing tool with 缩 loaded.

Characters at the same level