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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

  • 減げんNoun
    reduction, decrease
  • 削減さくげんNoun
    cut, reduction, curtailment
  • 減税げんぜいNoun
    tax reduction
  • 減少げんしょうNoun
    decrease, reduction, decline
  • 減益げんえきNoun
    decrease in profits
  • 減速げんそくNoun
    deceleration
  • 減反げんたんNoun
    reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
  • 減収げんしゅうNoun
    fall, decrease (in income)

Practice in Kanjiru

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