718 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
812 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
791 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
325 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4980 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
680 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
983 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
374 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
513 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
522 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
781 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
725 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
320 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
203 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
242 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1311 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
41576 | Morohashi |
270 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6429 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1302 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1399 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
326 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
674 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
331 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 防衛施設庁 【ボウエイシセツチョウ】 (Japanese) Defense Facilities Administration Agency (Defence)
- 防衛 【ボウエイ】 defense, defence, protection
- 砂防 【サボウ】 erosion control
- 攻防 【コウボウ】 offense and defense, offence and defence
Kun reading compounds
- 防ぐ 【ふせぐ】 to defend against, to protect against, to prevent, to avert, to avoid
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あた、 う、 ほう
- Korean:
- bang
Spanish
- defender
- proteger
- aguantar
- prevenir
- presa
- banco
Portuguese
- desligar
- defender
- proteger
- resistir
French
- prévenir (un danger)
- défendre
- protéger
- résister
3645 | 2001 Kanji |
2d4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-4 | SKIP code |
1-2-4 | SKIP code |
7022.7 | Four corner code |
1-43-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9632 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
909 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 縮 【シュク】 wearing armour (armor), counter for suits of armour
- 縮小 【シュクショウ】 reduction, curtailment, cut, cutback, scaling down, contraction, shrinkage
- 凝縮 【ギョウシュク】 condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.), condensation (of a vapour or gas)
- 濃縮 【ノウシュク】 concentration (e.g. of a solution), enrichment, condensation
Kun reading compounds
- 縮む 【ちぢむ】 to shrink, to contract, to diminish (in size)
- 縮まる 【ちぢまる】 to shorten, to narrow, to close, to shrink
- 縮める 【ちぢめる】 to shorten, to reduce, to condense, to shrink, to crumple (fabric), to wrinkle, to make (one's body) smaller, to draw in (one's legs), to duck (one's head)
- 縮れる 【ちぢれる】 to be wavy, to be curled, to be frizzled
- 縮らす 【ちぢらす】 to curl, to crimp
Readings
- Korean:
- chug
Spanish
- acortar
- reducir
- restringir
- encoger
- contraerse
- estar rizado
- rizar
Portuguese
- encolher
- contrair
- enrugar
- ruga
- reduzir
French
- rétrécir
- contracter
- raccourcir
- friser
- réduire
904 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
893 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
924 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3608 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1142 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1646 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2813 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1110 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1162 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
884 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1558 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1790 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
955 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1290 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1348 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27815 | Morohashi |
1414 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4585 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1336 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1434 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
999 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2778 | 2001 Kanji |
6a11.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-11 | SKIP code |
2396.1 | Four corner code |
1-29-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7e2e | Unicode hex code |