Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(かげん)   moderation

少する(げんしょうする)   decrease, be reduced, lessen

点する(げんてんする)   take off points, give bad mark

税する(げんぜいする)   reduce taxes

速する(げんそくする)   decelerate

する(さくげんする)   cut down on, curtail

する(ぞうげんする)   fluctuate

する(はんげんする)   reduce by half

る(へる)   decrease, diminish [v.i.]

らす(へらす)   reduce, curtail [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

ゲン reduction, decrease, subtraction, reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes)

ゲンイン reduction of staff

ゾウゲン increase and decrease, fluctuation

ケイゲン abatement, reduction

Kunyomi Examples

へる to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate

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

らす へらす to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten