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減 jiǎn

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減 jiǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiǎn | jian3
English translation
to decrease, to subtract, to diminish

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About 減 jiǎn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

減 jiǎn

Contains the radical

氵 shuǐ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

water

Etymology of 減 jiǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰氵咸

Semantic compound

氵 shuǐ

Phonetic compound

咸 Xián

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 bīng represents the meaning and 咸 Xián represents the sound. Simplified form of 減 jiǎn .

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Example sentences using 減 jiǎn

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需要 xūyào 投资 tóuzī 来 lái 減轻积压 jī yā 的 de 维修 wéixiū 工作 gōngzuò .

Investment is needed to reduce the backlog of repairs.

和 hé 她 tā 交谈 jiāo tán 減轻了 le 我 wǒ 的 de 负罪感.

Talking to her helped to assuage my guilt.

Words with 減 jiǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
减少 jiǎnshǎo to lessen減少
减 jiǎn to lower減 jiǎn
减肥 jiǎnféi to lose weight減肥
减轻 jiǎn qīng to lighten減輕
减速 jiǎn sù to reduce speed減速
减弱 jiǎn ruò to weaken減弱
削减 xuē jiǎn to cut down削減
减压 jiǎn yā to relax減壓
减缓 jiǎn huǎn to slow down減緩
减慢 jiǎn màn to slow down減慢
缩减 suō jiǎn to cut縮減
减掉 jiǎn diào to subtract減掉
减去 jiǎn qù minus減去
减价 jiǎn jià to cut prices減價
减免 jiǎn miǎn to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)減免
减小 jiǎn xiǎo to reduce減小
减刑 jiǎn xíng to reduce penalty減刑
减退 jiǎn tuì to ebb減退
减半 jiǎn bàn to reduce by half減半
减低 jiǎn dī to lower減低
减产 jiǎn chǎn to lose output減產
减税 jiǎn shuì tax cut減稅
递减 dì jiǎn gradually falling遞減
衰减 shuāi jiǎn to weaken衰減
偷工减料 tōu gōng jiǎn liào jerry-building偷工減料

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