Hanja Analyzer
減

減 — gam

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
덜 감
Romanization
gam
English
decrease, subtract, diminish
Mandarin
jiǎn
Japanese on'yomi
ゲン, カン
Japanese kun'yomi
へ.る へ.らす
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#261 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Variant forms
减
Radical
水 (85, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
咸
Unicode
U+6E1B

Parts that make up 減

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 咸 다 함sound 도끼와 입‘함·감’ 계열의 소리

How 減 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 減 as a ideographic compound involving 水, 咸.

Korean example words with 減

  • 감염減鹽 Korean gloss: 소금을 줄임
  • 감척減隻 Korean gloss: 배의 수를 줄임
  • 급감急減 Korean gloss: 급작스럽게 줄어듦
  • 감수減收 Korean gloss: 거두어들이는 것이 줆
  • 감점減點 Korean gloss: 점수가 깎임. 또는 그 점수
  • 감산減産 Korean gloss: 생산이 줆. 또는 생산을 줄임
  • 감액減額 Korean gloss: 액수를 줄임. 또는 줄인 액수
  • 체감遞減 Korean gloss: 등수를 따라서 차례로 덜어 감
  • 감원減員 Korean gloss: 사람 수를 줄임. 또는 그 사람 수
  • 감차減車 Korean gloss: 차량의 수나 차량 운행 횟수를 줄임
  • 감급減給 Korean gloss: 돈이나 물품을 정한 한도보다 줄여서 줌
  • 경감輕減 Korean gloss: 부담이나 고통 따위를 덜어서 가볍게 함

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 減

  • 削減さくげん cut; reduction; curtailment
  • 減税げんぜい tax reduction
  • 減少げんしょう decrease; reduction; decline
  • 減益げんえき decrease in profits
  • 減速げんそく deceleration
  • 軽減けいげん abatement; reduction
  • 減収げんしゅう fall; decrease (in income)
  • 減反げんたん reduction (of crop size); reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
  • 減額げんがく reduction (esp. in price or cost); diminution; abatement
  • 減産げんさん decrease in production
  • 減量げんりょう loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction; loss in quantity
  • 減免げんめん reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)

Characters sharing the phonetic 咸

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “감”

Other hanja with radical 水

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