減

decrease; dwindle; reduce; decline; curtail; get hungry

12 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 261.

Readings

• ゲン (on reading): 減少 (げんしょう) decrease; 削減 (さくげん) cut
• へる (kun reading): 減る (へる) to decrease (in size or number); 目減り (めべり) loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit)
• へらす (kun reading): 減らす (へらす) to abate; すり減らす (すりへらす) to wear away

Components

• 氵
• 咸
• 亅 radical hook
• 口 radical mouth
• ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
• 戈 radical halberd

Words using 減

• 減少 (げんしょう) decrease
• 削減 (さくげん) cut
• いい加減 (いいかげん) irresponsible
• 軽減 (けいげん) abatement
• 激減 (げきげん) dramatic decrease
• 減る (へる) to decrease (in size or number)
• 目減り (めべり) loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit)
• 磨り減る (すりへる) to be worn down
• 腹が減る (はらがへる) to become hungry
• 減り (へり) decrease
• 減らす (へらす) to abate
• すり減らす (すりへらす) to wear away
• 口減らし (くちべらし) reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
• 人減らし (ひとべらし) personnel cut
• 減らず口 (へらずぐち) impudent talk

223 words in all.

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