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減

jiǎn

decrease

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 咸 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

咸 sound component

咸  Sound component

xián

  

all

Evolution

減 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
減 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
減 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
減 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

减 (減) 

jiǎn

decrease, subtract, diminish; to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish

Most common words with 減
Freq.
Word
Meaning

减少

to lessen

减

to lower

减肥

to lose weight

减轻

to lighten

减速

to reduce speed

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-kˤr[ə]mʔ

heamX

jiǎn

abridge

*kˤr[ə]mʔ

keamX

jiǎn

reduce


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 26.4456% of movies

1306th most common character in movies

857th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

减

Unicode

U+6E1B

Shuowen

“減，損也。从水，咸聲。”


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