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減 — kanji meaning “dwindle”

dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry

Meanings
dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
12
School grade
5
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Newspaper frequency
#261 of 2,500
Classical radical
85
Chinese reading
jiǎn — Chinese character page

Words with 減

WordReadingMeaning
げんしょう genshoudecrease; reduction; decline
さくげん sakugencut; reduction; curtailment
かげん kagendegree; extent; amount
げんそく gensokudeceleration
へる heruto decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
へらす herasuto abate; to decrease; to diminish
はんげん hangenreduction by half; halving
けいげん keigenabatement; reduction
ぞうげん zougenincrease and decrease; fluctuation
げんぜい genzeitax reduction
げんりょう genryouloss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction
げんてん gentensubtracting points; deducting points

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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