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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)

it's no big deal

demerit system

reduction

shape up!

decrease in appetite

net reduction

desensitization

収穫逓減の法則しゅうかくていげんのほうそく

law of diminishing returns

限界効用逓減の法則げんかいこうようていげんのほうそく

law of diminishing marginal utility

限界生産物逓減の法則げんかいせいさんぶつていげんのほうそく

law of diminishing marginal product

減圧手術げんあつしゅじゅつ

decompression surgery

meiosis

to slim down

oil depletion

slight reduction

decompression diving

desensitizer

rent reduction

to become hungry

decompression sickness

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