Chinese symbol for “minus”
减去
jiǎn qù
Traditional: 減去
minus; to subtract
The closest CC-CEDICT match for minus is 减去 (jiǎn qù), defined as: minus; to subtract.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “minus”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 减去.
| 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 |
| 过去 (過去) | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by |
| 失去 | shī qù | to lose |
See also: Japanese symbol for “minus”.
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.