減

dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ゲン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

へ.らすへ.る

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:12

JLPT:N2

Frequency:261

Vocabulary

ゲン

Word	Reading	Meaning
加減	カゲン	degree; extent; amount; balance; state; condition; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; regulation; addition and subtraction; slight sign of ...; slight state of ...; just right for ...
軽減	ケイゲン	abatement; reduction
激減	ゲキゲン	dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
減価償却	ゲンカショウキャク	depreciation
減額	ゲンガク	reduction (esp. in price or cost); diminution; abatement

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
減らす	へらす	to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
減る	へる	to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
いい加減	いいかげん	irresponsible; perfunctory; careless; lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague; (already) enough; considerably; quite; rather; pretty
目減り	めべり	loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
減配	げんぱい	reduction in a dividend; smaller ration

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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