减 — Chinese character
减
jiǎn
to decrease, to subtract, to diminish
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
- Radical
- 15 ⼎ (Ice)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 冫 咸
- Formation
- pictophonetic — ice; meaning component 冫; sound component 咸
- Traditional
- 減
Common words with 减
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 减少 (減少) | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 减轻 (減輕) | jiǎn qīng | to lighten; to ease |
| 减肥 (減肥) | jiǎn féi | to lose weight |
| 削减 (削減) | xuē jiǎn | to cut down; to reduce |
| 减弱 (減弱) | jiǎn ruò | to weaken; to diminish |
| 缩减 (縮減) | suō jiǎn | to cut; to reduce |
| 删减 (刪減) | shān jiǎn | to abridge (a text); to edit out (of a movie) |
| 减缓 (減緩) | jiǎn huǎn | to slow down; to retard |
| 减免 (減免) | jiǎn miǎn | to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc) |
| 减速 (減速) | jiǎn sù | to reduce speed; to slow down |
| 减产 (減產) | jiǎn chǎn | to produce less; to reduce output |
| 减低 (減低) | jiǎn dī | to lower; to reduce |
English words written with 减
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