減 Kanji – dwindle
The Japanese kanji 減 can mean dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry.
Meaning and Readings
How is 減 read?
減 has the onyomi reading ゲン and the kunyomi readings へる, へらす.
In romaji, these readings can be written as gen, heru, herasu.
Common Japanese Words Using 減
These common Japanese words contain 減. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 加減（かげん） — degree, extent, amount, balance, state, condition
- 軽減（けいげん） — abatement, reduction
- 激減（げきげん） — dramatic decrease, sharp drop, sudden fall
- 減らす（へらす） — to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten
- 減る（へる） — to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate
- 減価償却（げんかしょうきゃく） — depreciation
- 減額（げんがく） — reduction (esp. in price or cost), diminution, abatement
- 減産（げんさん） — decrease in production
- 減収（げんしゅ う） — fall, decrease (in income)
- 減少（げんしょう） — decrease, reduction, decline