缩

suo̅ = su + o1

to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4]

缩 = 宿 + 纟 : The silk worm (纟) heard that there is a new hostel (宿) in front of the observatory (o1) and wants to check it out, but as she notices that the hostel is run by Susan Saint Bernard she slowly but steadily retreats (缩).

缩 character breakdown

缩
- 宿
  - 佰
    - 亻
      - 丨
      - 丿
    - 百
      - 一
      - 白
        
        丶
        
        日
        
        一
        
        囗
  - 宀
    - 丶
    - 冖
- 纟

sù = su + Ø4

old variant of 宿[su4]

宿 = 佰 + 宀 : Susan Saint Bernard (su) runs a hostel (宿) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but tonight it is reserved for all of her kids. Her one hundred kids (佰) graduated from college and are back for a big celebration, each of them wearing their graduation cap (宀).

sù = su + Ø4

surname Su

宿 = 佰 + 宀 : Susan Saint Bernard (su) runs a hostel (宿) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but tonight it is reserved for all of her kids. Her one hundred kids (佰) graduated from college and are back for a big celebration, each of them wearing their graduation cap (宀).

sù = su + Ø4

lodge for the night / old / former

宿 = 佰 + 宀 : Susan Saint Bernard (su) runs a hostel (宿) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but tonight it is reserved for all of her kids. Her one hundred kids (佰) graduated from college and are back for a big celebration, each of them wearing their graduation cap (宀).

xiǔ = xi + ou3

night / classifier for nights

xiù = xi + ou4

constellation

si̅ = s + Ø1

"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

A silk worm.

Characters with 缩 as component

缩 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 缩

to reduce / to decrease / to shrink

to shrink back / to cower

to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)

to curl up / to huddle / to cower / cringing

bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained

to retreat into; to draw back into / (typography) to indent

to make the vagina tighter

a turtle that pulls its head in / (fig.) coward / chicken

muscular dystrophy

to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom) / to get cold feet

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

to decompress / decompression (esp. computer)

deflation

uranium enrichment

acronym

highly enriched uranium (HEU)

breast reduction / reduction mammaplasty

to economize on clothes and food / to scrimp and save (idiom)

to reduce the balance sheet

abbreviated word / acronym

Sentences with 缩

缩 currently does not appear in any sentence.