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減

N2

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • dwindle
  • decrease
  • reduce
  • decline
  • curtail
  • get hungry

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ゲン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • へ.る
  • へ.らす
Strokes
12
JLPT Level
N2
Frequency
#794
School Grade
Grade 5
Radical
水#85 · water

Components

Common Words

  • 減るへるGodanto decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate
  • 減額げんがくNounreduction (esp. in price or cost), diminution, abatement
  • 減産げんさんNoundecrease in production
  • 減収げんしゅうNounfall, decrease (in income)
  • 減少げんしょうNoundecrease, reduction, decline
  • 減税げんぜいNountax reduction
  • 減速げんそくNoundeceleration
  • 減退げんたいNoundecline, ebb, failure, decay, decrease, loss

Practice in Kanjiru

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