Chinese symbol for “lower”
减
jiǎn
Traditional: 減
to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lower is 减 (jiǎn), defined as: to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lower”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 压低 (壓低) | yā dī | to lower (one's voice) |
| 减少 (減少) | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 减低 (減低) | jiǎn dī | to lower; to reduce |
| 降低 | jiàng dī | to reduce; to lower; to bring down |
| 下 | xià | down; downwards |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lower”.
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.