Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5
JLPT level: N2
261 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 12
Meaning: dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
Kunyomi: へ.る へ.らす
Onyomi: ゲン
Composition: 氵 咸
Radical: 水
Reading: さんずい
Meaning: water
Strokes: 3
加減(かげん) moderation
減少する(げんしょうする) decrease, be reduced, lessen
減点する(げんてんする) take off points, give bad mark
減税する(げんぜいする) reduce taxes
減速する(げんそくする) decelerate
削減する(さくげんする) cut down on, curtail
増減する(ぞうげんする) fluctuate
半減する(はんげんする) reduce by half
減る(へる) decrease, diminish [v.i.]
減らす(へらす) reduce, curtail [v.t.]
減 (ゲン) reduction, decrease, subtraction, reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes)
減員 (ゲンイン) reduction of staff
増減 (ゾウゲン) increase and decrease, fluctuation
軽減 (ケイゲン) abatement, reduction
減る (へる) to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate
減るもんじゃない (へるもんじゃない) it's no big deal, it's nothing to fret about, it's not like it's the end of the world
減らす (へらす) to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5
JLPT level: N2
261 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 12
Meaning: dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
Kunyomi: へ.る へ.らす
Onyomi: ゲン
Composition: 氵 咸
Radical: 水
Reading: さんずい
Meaning: water
Strokes: 3
加減(かげん) moderation
減少する(げんしょうする) decrease, be reduced, lessen
減点する(げんてんする) take off points, give bad mark
減税する(げんぜいする) reduce taxes
減速する(げんそくする) decelerate
削減する(さくげんする) cut down on, curtail
増減する(ぞうげんする) fluctuate
半減する(はんげんする) reduce by half
減る(へる) decrease, diminish [v.i.]
減らす(へらす) reduce, curtail [v.t.]
減 (ゲン) reduction, decrease, subtraction, reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes)
減員 (ゲンイン) reduction of staff
増減 (ゾウゲン) increase and decrease, fluctuation
軽減 (ケイゲン) abatement, reduction
減る (へる) to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate
減るもんじゃない (へるもんじゃない) it's no big deal, it's nothing to fret about, it's not like it's the end of the world
減らす (へらす) to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten