Chinese Character 縮 Meanings and components.
Form
縮
Meaning
- 縮 meaning[3] in English
To Withdraw.
To Pull Back.
To Contract.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 縮 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (糹) , and old variant of … (宿)
Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸
In cangjie it is written with VFJOA
How to write 縮
To write縮 you should write a combination of 糹 , 宿 arranged in a 吅 shape:
糹 + 宿 = 縮
縮 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 縮 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 縮, looks as follow:
縮
Pinyin:suo1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Withdraw . To Pull Back . To Contract . To Shrink . To Reduce . Abbreviation . Also Pr. [Su4]
宿
Pinyin:su4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 宿[Su4]
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
佰
Pinyin:bai3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Hundred (Banker'S Anti-Fraud Numeral)