reduce, decrease, diminish
On'yomi (音読み)
- ゲン
- ゲ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- へ.る
- へ.らす
About this kanji
The kanji 減, pronounced as "gen" in on'yomi and "heru" or "herasu" in kun'yomi, primarily means to reduce or decrease. It is often used in nouns but can also appear in verbs. Common compounds include 減少 (げんしょう, genshou), meaning decrease, 減税 (げんぜい, gentzei), which refers to a tax reduction, and 減速 (げんそく, gensoku), meaning deceleration. These words are useful in various contexts, like economics or transportation. A quick note: while 減 often refers to a reduction in quantity, it is essential to pair it with a noun that specifies what is being reduced.
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Example sentences
毎日運動して体重が減った。
I lost weight by exercising every day.
Meanings across languages
- English
- reduce, decrease, diminish
- Tiếng Việt
- giảm, suy giảm
- 日本語
- 減る, 減少
- 한국어
- 줄이다, 감소시키다
- 中文
- 减少, 降
- id
- mengurangi, menurun
- th
- ลด, ลดลง
- es
- reducir, disminuir
- fr
- réduire, diminuer
- de
- reduzieren, verringern
- pt
- reduzir, diminuir
Common compounds
- 減少げんしょうdecrease, reduction
- 減税げんぜいtax reduction
- 減点げんてんpenalty points, deduction
- 減速げんそくdeceleration
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