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縮

Unicode: U+7E2E

Pinyin: suō sù

Definition

suō:* 向後退，往回收。 退～。畏～。～手（喻不敢再做下去）。～手～腳（喻做事顧慮多，不大膽）。 * 由大變小，由長變短。 收～。伸～。壓～。～減。～小。～編。～微（指利用照相技術等把文字圖像縮成極小的膠捲複製品）。 * 捆束。 "～版以載"。 * 直，理直。 "自反而～，雖千萬人，吾往矣"。 * 濾酒去渣。 ～酒。 sù:* 〔～砂密〕多年生草本植物，種子棕色，亦稱"縮砂"。種子入中藥，稱"砂仁"

contract, draw in, reduce

Structure

縮 graph

Related substructures

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Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC