縮 = 糹 + 宿

縮 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “contract”. It is built from 糹 (silk) and 宿 (stop).

Keyword: contract
Pinyin (Mandarin): suō
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: contract, draw in, reduce, сокращать, draw in, reduce
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 縮 shrink

Decomposition

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糹 silk
宿 stop

How to find 縮 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “silk” + “stop”. 縮 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 縮 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.