減 – dwindle, decrease, reduce

12 strokesTaught in grade 5#261 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 減 means dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゲン (gen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is へ.る、へ.らす (heru, herasu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゲン	gen
Kun’yomi	へ.る	heru
Kun’yomi	へ.らす	herasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 口・汁・亅・戈.

Words using 減

加減かげんdegree減少げんしょうdecrease減るへるto decrease (in size or number)減らすへらすto abate増減ぞうげんincrease and decrease削減さくげんcut軽減けいげんabatementいい加減いいかげんirresponsible

Example sentences

お肉の焼き加減は、いかがなさいますか？

How would you like your steak cooked?

Tatoeba #74914

母の加減は少しもよくなっていなかった。むしろ悪くなっているようだった。

My mother was not feeling any better. If anything, she looked worse.

Tatoeba #83124

あまりチームに頼りすぎると、個人の闘争本能が減少するかもしれない。

When you rely on the team too much, it may reduce your individual competitive instincts.

Tatoeba #230363

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水演流沢消準渡深

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