Godan verb, intransitive verb

  1. to be benumbed (e.g. with cold).
  2. to shrink, to contract, to diminish (in size).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
縮かむ ちぢかむ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

shrink, contract, shrivel
シュク ちぢ.む (6th, N1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
inn, lodging, relay station
シュク やど すく (3rd, N3)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
hundred, leader of 100 men, east-west path between paddies
ヒャク ハク おさ (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
hundred
ヒャク ひゃっ お (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
white
しろ ハク しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)