Chinese symbol for “lighten”
减轻
jiǎn qīng
Traditional: 減輕
to lighten; to ease; to alleviate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lighten is 减轻 (jiǎn qīng), defined as: to lighten; to ease; to alleviate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 减轻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 减少 (減少) | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 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 |
| 年轻 (年輕) | nián qīng | young |
| 年轻人 (年輕人) | nián qīng rén | young people; youngster |
| 轻松 (輕鬆) | qīng sōng | light; gentle |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lighten”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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