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Chinese symbol for “reduce”

降低
jiàng dī
to reduce; to lower; to bring down

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reduce is 降低 (jiàng dī), defined as: to reduce; to lower; to bring down.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

降 jiàng
to descend, to fall; to drop, to lower
radical 170 ⾩ · 9 strokes
低 dī
low; to lower, to hang; to bend, to bow
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “reduce”

WordPinyinMeaning
缩小 (縮小)suō xiǎoto reduce; to decrease; to shrink
紧缩 (緊縮)jǐn suō(economics) to reduce; to curtail
减少 (減少)jiǎn shǎoto lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
减小 (減小)jiǎn xiǎoto reduce; to decrease
去qùto go; to go to (a place)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 降低.

WordPinyinMeaning
下降xià jiàngto decline; to drop
投降tóu xiángto surrender
降落jiàng luòto descend; to land
降临 (降臨)jiàng línto descend; to arrive
降价 (降價)jiàng jiàto cut the price; to drive down the price
低于 (低於)dī yúto be lower than
低下dī xiàlow status; lowly
高低gāo dīheight; level; (music) pitch; relative superiority

See also: Japanese symbol for “reduce”.

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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