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减
減
jiǎn
1. to lower
2. to decrease
3. to reduce
4. to subtract
5. to diminish
Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

减
jiǎn
to decrease, to subtract, to diminish
HSK 4 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

删减
shānjiǎn
to delete
削减
xuējiǎn
to cut down
增减
zēngjiǎn
to add or subtract
宽减
kuānjiǎn
tax relief
平减
píngjiǎn
to deflate
抵减
dǐjiǎn
to claim a credit against
减低
jiǎndī
to lower
减俸
jiǎnfèng
to lower salary
减价
jiǎnjià
to cut prices
减免
jiǎnmiǎn
to lower tax
减刑
jiǎnxíng
to reduce penalty
减半
jiǎnbàn
to reduce by half
减去
jiǎnqù
minus
减噪
jiǎnzào
noise reduction
减压
jiǎnyā
to reduce pressure
减妆
jiǎnzhuāng
makeup box (old)
减小
jiǎnxiǎo
to reduce
减少
jiǎnshǎo
to lessen
HSK 4
减幅
jiǎnfú
amount of reduction
减弱
jiǎnruò
to weaken

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
856
Word Frequency Rank
1,915 of 84,292

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