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Kanji Detail for 減 - "to decrease, to reduce, to subtract"

減

  • Meaning

    減 means "to decrease, to reduce, to subtract."

    1. Decrease - To become less; to diminish.

    2. Reduce - To make smaller; to cut down.

    3. Subtract - To take away from; to deduct.

  • Words using 減

    • 削減 さくげん Listen cut; reduction; curtailment
    • 減税 げんぜい Listen tax reduction
    • 減少 げんしょう Listen decrease; reduction; decline
    • 減益 げんえき Listen decrease in profits
    • 減速 げんそく Listen deceleration
    • 減反 げんたん Listen reduction (of crop size); reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
    • 減収 げんしゅう Listen fall; decrease (in income)
    • 軽減 けいげん Listen abatement; reduction

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    • Verified meaning: to decrease, to reduce, to subtract
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    dwindle; decrease; reduce; decline; curtail; get hungry

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    decrease, subtract, diminish

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to decrease, to subtract, to diminish

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To diminish. To lessen. Removing from a large number. As in arithmetic having subtraction (減法).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gen(ゲン) ゲン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    he.rasu(へ-らす) へ-らす

    heru(へ-る) へ-る

  • Strokes

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    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    to decrease to reduce to subtract cut diminish abate curtail deduct deplete drop dwindle less lower minimize shrink smaller subside decline lessen

Sentences including 減

  • He likes to play hardball with people.

  • My children wear out their shoes quickly.

  • The doctor told him to cut down on smoking.

  • He told me that he was hungry.

  • He said that he was hungry.

  • My shoes are worn out.

  • Cut it out.

  • The price of this book has been reduced by half.

  • Isn't it about time you went to bed?

  • You smoke far too much. you should cut back.

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