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減 · dwindle, decrease
減 is a kanji meaning dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline. It has 12 strokes and is on the JLPT N2 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- ゲンgen
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- へるheru
- へらすherasu
Practise the N2 kanji
In 第13巻 JLPT N2, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 減 · 8 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 加減かげん | かげん | adjustment; addition and subtraction | N3 |
| 減少げんしょう | げんしょう | decrease, reduction, decline | N3 |
| 減らすへらす | へらす | to decrease, to diminish | N3 |
| 減るへる | へる | to decrease (in size or number), to diminish | N3 |
| 増減ぞうげん | ぞうげん | increase and decrease, fluctuation | N2 |
| 削減さくげん | さくげん | cut, reduction | N1 |
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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