減

Simplified: 减

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
撿 jiǎn collect
簡 jiǎn simple
鹼 jiǎn base

All 22 words read jiǎn

jian with other tones

見 jiàn see
間 jiān between
劍 jiàn double-edged sword
建 jiàn establish
兼 jiān double

All 86 words read jian in any tone

How 減 is written

部首 radical: 氵 a form of 水
笔画 strokes: 12, with 9 after the 部首
结构 structure: 左右结构
偏旁 parts: 氵咸
形旁 meaning: 氵
声旁 sound: 咸

Words with 減

Starting with 減

減少 jiǎnshǎo lessen
減輕 jiǎnqīng lighten
減弱 jiǎnruò weaken
減小 jiǎnxiǎo reduce
減肥 jiǎnféi lose weight

All 61 words starting with 減

Ending with 減

削減 xuējiǎn cut down
遞減 dìjiǎn progressively decreasing
裁減 cáijiǎn reduce
縮減 suōjiǎn cut
增減 zēngjiǎn add or subtract

All 20 words ending with 減

Containing 減

偷工減料 tōugōngjiǎnliào jerry-building
不減當年 bùjiǎndāngnián (of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit
加減乘除 jiājiǎnchéngchú addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
被減數 bèijiǎnshù minuend
加減號 jiājiǎnhào plus-minus sign

All 8 words containing 減

Example sentences and grammar articles using 減

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