減 — kanji meaning “dwindle”
減
dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
- Meanings
- dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
- On'yomi
- ゲン (gen)
- Kun'yomi
- へ.る、へ.らす
- 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
| 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 |
| 半減 | はんげん hangen | reduction by half; halving |
| 軽減 | けいげん keigen | abatement; reduction |
| 増減 | ぞうげん zougen | increase and decrease; fluctuation |
| 減税 | げんぜい genzei | tax reduction |
| 減量 | げんりょう genryou | loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction |
| 減点 | げんてん genten | subtracting points; deducting points |
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