減 (jiǎn)
To subtract; to reduce; to decrease.
How 減 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 減
- Simplified
- 减
Common words using 減
- 減少 jiǎnshǎo
- to lessen; to decrease; to reduce
- 減肥 jiǎnféi
- to lose weight
- 刪減 shānjiǎn
- to delete; to censor out
- 削減 xuējiǎn
- to cut down; to reduce; to lower
- 減去 jiǎnqù
- minus; to subtract
- 減壓 jiǎnyā
- to reduce pressure; to relax
- 減弱 jiǎnruò
- to weaken; to fall off
- 減掉 jiǎndiào
- to subtract; to lose (weight)
- 減緩 jiǎnhuǎn
- to slow down; to retard
- 減輕 jiǎnqīng
- to lighten; to ease; to alleviate
- 減退 jiǎntuì
- to ebb; to go down; to decline
- 減速 jiǎnsù
- to reduce speed; to slow down; to take it easy
減 in a sentence
為了健康，我決定減少吃甜食。
Wèile jiànkāng, wǒ juédìng jiǎnshǎo chī tiánshí.
“For the sake of health, I decided to reduce my consumption of sweets.”
How common is 減?
減 is the 855th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 86.5% of all running text.
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