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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- suo1
- English meanings
- to withdraw, to pull back, to contract, to shrink, to reduce, abbreviation, also pr. [su4]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 纟; right 宿.
Meaning & sound clues
纟 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “thread”.
宿 is identified as the sound component (sù / xiù). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 缩.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
suck; tremble; verbose
that which
shuttle
rope; to search; to demand
shrink; contract; reduce
lock; chain
lock
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Related words
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- 伸缩
- 压缩
- 收缩
- 浓缩
- 畏缩
- 紧缩
- 缩小
- 缩影
- 缩水
- 缩短
- 节衣缩食
- 萎缩
- 退缩