减 (jiǎn): meaning and stroke order
减 (jiǎn) means to lower, to decrease, to reduce, to subtract, to diminish.
减
- Simplified
- 减
- Traditional
- 減
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
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Stroke order of 减
减
- jiǎn to lower; to decrease
- 11 strokes
- Traditional form: 減
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Meaning of 减
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jiǎn
Traditional 減
- to lower
- to decrease
- to reduce
- to subtract
- to diminish
Radical and structure
- 减
- Radical 冫 (Kangxi radical 15) · 11 strokes · 冫 on the left, 咸 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 减
- 减肥 jiǎn féi to lose weight
- 减轻 jiǎn qīng to lighten; to ease
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).