收缩
Traditional: 收縮
shōu suō
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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shōu suō · sau1 suk1 (Jyutping)
- to pull back
- to shrink
- to contract
- (physiology) systole
Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data
Character breakdown
收
- Meaning
- gather together, collect; harvest
- Radical
- 攵
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- ⿰丩攵
- Cangjie
- VLOK
- Four-corner
- 2874.0
缩
- Meaning
- contract, draw in, reduce
- Radical
- 纟
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- ⿰纟宿
- Cangjie
- VMJOA
- Four-corner
- 2316
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