Chinese Character 减 Meanings and components.

Form

减

Meaning

减 meaning[3] in English

To Lower.

To Decrease.

To Reduce.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 减 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'ice' radical in … (冫) , and surname Xian (咸)

Its radical[1] is: 冫 (bing1) which means: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3], .冫bing1'ice' radical …

In cangjie it is written with IMIHR

How to write 减

To write减jian3to lower you should write a combination of 冫bing1'ice' radical … , 咸xian2surname Xian arranged in a 吅 shape:

冫 + 咸 = 减

减 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 减 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 减, looks as follow:

减
Pinyin:jian3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Lower . To Decrease . To Reduce . To Subtract . To Diminish
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]
咸
Pinyin:xian2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Xian
戌
Pinyin:xu1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: See 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[Qu1 Qu5 Er5]
戊
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Fifth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Fifth In Order . Letter 'E' Or Roman 'V' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Penta
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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