減

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12
Simplified Form: 减
Variants: 减

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiǎn
Cantonese: gaam2
JapaneseKun: HERU HERASU
JapaneseOn: GEN KAN
Korean: KAM
Vietnamese: giảm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: decrease, subtract, diminish

CE-Dict: to lower/to decrease/to reduce/to subtract/to diminish

Soothill: v. 减.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to subtract
2.to reduce; to decrease

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: minus - 數

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: decrease; minus; reduce; subtract
【計】 SB; subtract

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: decrease; minus; reduce; subtract

湘雅醫學專業詞典: de-

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《水部》減損也。从水咸聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】減
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤古斬切，音鹼。【說文】損也。【玉篇】少也，輕也。【禮·樂記】禮主其減。　又水名。【山海經】番條之山，減水出焉。又岐山亦出減水，東南流注于江。　又姓。【史記·酷吏傳】減宣。　又【廣韻】【集韻】𠀤下斬切，音豏。又【集韻】公陷切，音䫡。義𠀤同。　俗作减，非。
考證：〔又姓。【前漢·酷吏傳】減宣。〕　謹按漢書作咸，史記作減。前漢改史記。

朱芾煌:法相辭典 瑜伽十三卷四頁雲：雲何為減？謂所得定、還復退失。
二解　如增中說。

CF-Dict: réduire/diminuer/soustraire

Han-De-Dict: Subtraktion (u.E.) (S)/abnehmen, nachlassen (u.E.) (V)/abziehen, kürzen (u.E.) (V)/herabsetzen, ermäßigen, senken (u.E.) (V)/minus (u.E.) (V)/niederlassen, ausfahren (u.E.) (V)/reduzieren, vermindern (u.E.) (V)/subtrahieren (u.E.) (V)/Jian (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)