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N2 Kanji 120: 減

Meaning:

In Japanese,減 means “to decrease”.


How to read it:

Kunyomi:へ
Onyomi:げん


How to write it:


Origin:

You can see an ax here.
It means that the river decreased because people destroyed the environment.
So 減 means “to decrease”.

Note:
There is some difference between Chinese kanji and Japanese kanji,
you should use Japanese kanji. (Which has 氵 on the left.)

Development:


Vocabulary:

LevelWordReadingMeaningType
Inter減るへるto get fewerVerb
Inter減少げんしょうdecreaseNoun & Verb
Inter加減かげんadjustmentNoun & Verb
Inter減らすへらすto reduceVerb
Inter削減さくげんreductionNoun & Verb
Adv軽減けいげんdecreaseNoun & Verb
Adv激減げきげんsharp dropNoun & Verb
Adv半減はんげんdecrease by halfNoun & Verb
Adv減額げんがくamount reductionNoun & Verb
AdvげんdecreaseNoun
H_Adv増減ぞうげんincrease/decreaseNoun & Verb
H_Adv減量げんりょうweight lossNoun & Verb
H_Adv減ずるげんずるto decreaseVerb
H_Adv減点げんてんpoints deductNoun & Verb
H_Adv低減ていげんdecreaseNoun & Verb
S_Adv減税げんぜいtax reductionNoun & Verb
S_Adv減退げんたいdeclineNoun & Verb
S_Advすり減るすりへるbe worn outVerb
S_Adv節減せつげんreductionNoun & Verb
S_Adv減速げんそくdecelerationNoun & Verb
Others減免げんめんexemptionNoun & Verb
Others減価げんかdepreciationNoun
Others目減りめべりlossNoun & Verb
Others減収げんしゅうpay cutNoun & Verb
Others減給げんきゅうpay cutNoun & Verb
Others漸減ぜんげんgradual decreaseNoun & Verb
Others縮減しゅくげんreductionNoun & Verb
Others減殺げんさいlesseningNoun & Verb
Others減衰げんすいattenuationNoun & Verb
Others急減きゅうげんsudden decreaseNoun & Verb
Others減刑げんけいreduce penaltiesNoun & Verb
Others逓減ていげんgradual decreaseNoun & Verb
Others減産げんさんreduced productionNoun & Verb
Others減圧げんあつdecompressionNoun & Verb
Others減耗げんもうnatural decreaseNoun & Verb
Others減塩げんえんcut down on saltNoun & Verb
Others減資げんしreduce the capitalNoun & Verb
Others減俸げんぽうpay cutNoun & Verb
Others微減びげんslight reductionNoun
Others減法げんぽうsubtractionNoun
Others減員げんいんreduction of staffNoun & Verb
Others減便げんびんreduction of flightsNoun
Others減益げんえきreduction of profit Noun & Verb
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