减

Traditional (Taiwan): 減

On the HSK 4 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B1.

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jiǎn ㄐㄧㄢˇ

- to lower
- to decrease
- to reduce
- to subtract
- to diminish

Other words read jiǎn

In the same tone

剪 jiǎn exterminate
蹇 jiǎn lame
捡 jiǎn collect
简 jiǎn simple
碱 jiǎn base

All 22 words read jiǎn

jian with other tones

见 jiàn see
间 jiān between
剑 jiàn double-edged sword
建 jiàn establish
兼 jiān double

All 86 words read jian in any tone

How 减 is written

部首 radical: 冫
笔画 strokes: 11, with 9 after the 部首
结构 structure: 左右结构
偏旁 parts: 冫咸
形旁 meaning: 冫
声旁 sound: 咸

Words with 减

Starting with 减

减少 jiǎnshǎo lessen
减轻 jiǎnqīng lighten
减弱 jiǎnruò weaken
减小 jiǎnxiǎo reduce
减肥 jiǎnféi lose weight

All 61 words starting with 减

Ending with 减

削减 xuējiǎn cut down
递减 dìjiǎn progressively decreasing
裁减 cáijiǎn reduce
缩减 suōjiǎn cut
增减 zēngjiǎn add or subtract

All 20 words ending with 减

Containing 减

偷工减料 tōugōngjiǎnliào jerry-building
不减当年 bùjiǎndāngnián (of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit
加减乘除 jiājiǎnchéngchú addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
被减数 bèijiǎnshù minuend
加减号 jiājiǎnhào plus-minus sign

All 8 words containing 减

Example sentences and grammar articles using 减

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Make Me a Hanzi, from fonts by Arphic Technology Co., Ltd., Arphic Public License