減
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jiǎn · to decrease, to subtract, to diminish

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12Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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氵Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 減

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Example sentences

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Wǒ de shōu rù jiǎn shǎo le bǎi fēn zhī shí.我的收入減少了百分之十。

My income has decreased ten percent.

Source: Tatoeba #4743930 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zhēn de xiǎng jiǎn féi.她真的想減肥。

She really wants to lose weight.

Source: Tatoeba #850307 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ gāi jiǎn féi le, yīn wéi nǐ tài pàng le.你該減肥了,因為你太胖了。

You should lose weight, because you are too fat.

Source: Tatoeba #5997655 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā chī le zhōng yào, jiǎn qīng le tā de zhèng zhuàng.她吃了中藥,減輕了她的症狀。

She took Chinese medicine, which relieved her symptoms.

Source: Tatoeba #1616576 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de nèi jiù gǎn jiǎn shǎo le.他的內疚感減少了。

His sense of guilt was diminished.

Source: Tatoeba #779029 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zuì hǎo de jiǎn féi fāng fǎ jiù shì shǎo chī duō yùn dòng.最好的減肥方法就是少吃多運動。

The best way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more.

Source: Tatoeba #4962386 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 減 in context

  1. Say jiǎn, then recall the core meaning: to decrease, to subtract, to diminish.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 減 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.