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減

JLPT N2 SL5 12 strokes Frequency: #261

Meanings

Dwindle, Decrease, Reduce, Decline, Curtail, Get Hungry

Radicals

氵

Decomposition

⿰氵咸

Etymology

Pictophonetic: water

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

2 dot bottom-to-top

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 hook right-to-left

11 diagonal right-to-left

12 dot right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ゲン gen

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

へ he

Words Using This Kanji

220 words total

Other (20 words)

decrease

gradual decrease

reduction by half

half life

minuend

force reduction

to wear away

lessening

reduction

natural decrease

to become hungry

decrease

personnel cut

modulation (of voice)

decrease in profits

pay cut

reduction of staff

to decrease

I'm hungry

degree

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