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減

減 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. へる
  2. へらす

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「水」+音符「咸」。「へらす」を意味する漢語｛減｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゲンElem.
Kun (native)
  • へ(る)Elem.
  • へ(らす)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音jian3
  • 한글gam
  • Hán-ViệtGiảm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+6E1B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵咸

Words using this kanji

  • 減税げんぜい税を廃止したり、税率を下げるなどして税負担を減らすこと。tax reduction
  • 減少げんしょう減って少なくなる（する）こと。decrease, reduction, decline
  • 減益げんえき利益が減ること。decrease in profits
  • 減速げんそくがなること。なること。deceleration
  • 減収げんしゅう収入や収穫が減ること。fall, decrease (in income)
  • 減反げんたん農作物、特に米の過剰生産を為に、作付面積を事。reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
  • 減額げんがく数量や金額を減らすこと。また、減ること。reduction (esp. in price or cost), diminution, abatement
  • 減産げんさん生産量が減ること。 生産量を減らすこと。decrease in production
  • 減量げんりょう分量・重量が減ること。また、減らすこと。 体重を減らすこと。loss in weight (esp. body weight), weight reduction, loss in quantity, reduction of quantity
  • 減免げんめん軽減することと免除すること。reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes), mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)
  • 減給げんきゅう給料をこと。pay cut, salary cut
  • 減るへるへる 参照to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate
  • 減員げんいん人員を減らす。人員が減ること。reduction of staff
  • 減らすへらすto abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten
  • 減退げんたいあるものが減り、衰えること。decline, ebb, failure, decay
  • 減価償却げんかしょうきゃく固定資産を使用する期間にわたって、その価値を一定の規則に従って費用として配分していくこと。depreciation
  • 減点げんてん点数をこと。subtracting points, deducting points, points deducted
  • 減俸げんぽう俸給を減額すること。減給。salary reduction, salary cut
  • 減配げんぱい企業が株主への配当金の額をこと。reduction in a dividend, smaller ration
  • 減塩げんえん主に循環器の疾患を治療、予防するために食塩（塩分）を摂取する量を減らすこと。reduction of salt, sodium restriction

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-9
Four Corner
3315.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a9.37
Heisig
391
Nelson
2637