Japanese symbol for “attenuation”
減衰
げんすい
Romaji: gensui
attenuation; damping; decay
In Japanese, attenuation is 減衰, read げんすい (gensui).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs attenuation; damping; decay
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “attenuation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 減衰率 | げんすいりつ gensuiritsu | attenuation (factor, rate) |
| 減衰量 | げんすいりょう gensuiryou | attenuation |
| 弱毒化 | じゃくどくか jakudokuka | attenuation; weakening |
| 弱毒 | じゃくどく jakudoku | attenuation |
| 減弱 | げんじゃく genjaku | reduction; weakening; attenuation |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 減少 | げんしょう genshou | decrease; reduction; decline |
| 削減 | さくげん sakugen | cut; reduction; curtailment |
| 加減 | かげん kagen | degree; extent; amount |
| 減速 | げんそく gensoku | deceleration |
| 減る | へる heru | to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate |
| 減らす | へらす herasu | to abate; to decrease; to diminish |
| 衰退 | すいたい suitai | decline; degeneration; decay |
| 衰え | おとろえ otoroe | weakening; emaciation; decline |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.